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Shallow groundwater quality monitoring program for the Onkaparinga Catchment Water Management Board area.
The Onkaparinga Catchment Water Management Board (OCWMB) is responsible for an area of approx. 920 square km which includes the Onkaparinga Catchment in the Adelaide Hills and the Noarlunga and Willunga sedimentary embayments south of Adelaide, South...-
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RB 60/00044 Report on proposed drainage, Smithfield area.
In the vicinity of Smithfield it is proposed to construct a number of drains to remove floodwaters originating from Smith Creek and its tributaries. At times, floodwaters accumulate in a low-lying areas west of Smithfield, and the proposed drains are...-
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Published: 08 Mar 1965
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RB 97/00041 Briefing-1 on the feasibility of aquifer injection using reclaimed water at Port Adelaide.
SA Water contacted MESA early in 1996 regarding advice on the feasibility of aquifer injection at Port Adelaide using reclaimed water. Work previously undertaken on the northern Adelaide Plains has been reviewed for information pertinent to the Port...-
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Published: 01 Jun 1997
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RB 97/00044 Briefing on salinity of Michell well 6628-13323.
Water well 6628-13323 completed in Tertiary aquifer T1, and located on the Salisbury property of wool merchants and hide processors G.H. Michell and Sons (Australia) Pty Ltd, has an anomalously high groundwater salinity. Due to the increasing...-
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Published: 01 Aug 1997
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RB 97/00047 Briefing on the potential for ASR at the MFP, The Levels, site.
Potential for ASR at the untested The Levels site is identified in up to 3 Quaternary and 2 Tertiary aquifers, depending on the validity of interpreted aquifer properties as interpolated from nearby tested and operating ASR sites. A site-specific...-
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Published: 01 Aug 1997
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RB 99/00005 Initial investigation of the salinity impact of leaking wells, Northern Adelaide Plains Prescribed Wells Area.
An initial investigation was undertaken by The Department of Primary Industries and Resources SA (PIRSA), into the increase in salinity within wells on the Northern Adelaide Plains (NAP). This involved interpreting groundwater salinity data from a...-
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Published: 01 Apr 1999
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RB 98/00011 Regent Gardens aquifer storage and recovery. Report, 1995.
The aquifer storage and recovery scheme at the Regent Gardens housing development became operational during 1995. Water quality monitoring of the wetland/detention basin was undertaken to determine the relationship between turbidity, suspended...-
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Published: 01 Feb 1998
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RB 98/00031 Mount Lofty Ranges groundwater assessment - Brownhill Creek Catchment.
The Brownhill Creek Catchment can be divided into two main zones - the Hills Zone (rural catchment) and the Plains Zone (urban catchment). The Hills Zone is underlain by fractured rock aquifers which contain good quality groundwater (salinities...-
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Published: 01 Oct 1998
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RB 98/00028 Willunga Basin - Status of groundwater resources, 1998.
The Willunga Basin is a complex multi-aquifer groundwater system supporting an area of high agricultural production. Because of the inter-connection between the various aquifers and surrounding basement rocks, the effects of significant withdrawals...-
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Published: 01 Jun 1998
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RB 99/00011 Physical properties of construction sands from the Adelaide area.
In response to a request for assistance from the State Heritage Branch, a suite of 56 sand samples has been collected from all major currently producing sand pits in the outer metropolitan area. Physical properties including grain size, grain...-
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Published: 01 May 1999
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RB 90/00032 Cliff stability, Aldinga, South Australia.
A preliminary study was made of the near vertical coastal cliffs adjacent to Gordon and Stock Street, Aldinga. Continued landsliding of soil-strength cliff-forming materials and toe erosion by the sea have threatened the clifftop esplanade roadway,...-
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Published: 01 Apr 1990
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RB 97/00014 Aquifer storage and recovery, MFP Australia, The Levels. Progress report no. 1.
Mines and Energy South Australia (MESA) was commissioned by MFP Australia to undertake an investigation into the feasibility of establishing an Aquifer Storage and Recovery (ASR) scheme at The Levels site. The programme is being carried out in two...-
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Published: 01 Mar 1997
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RB 95/00024 Irrigation quality groundwater in the Mid-North, southern Flinders Ranges and Yorke Peninsula.
The South Australian Mid-North, southern Flinders Ranges and Yorke Peninsula regions have limited water resources, with most water for domestic purposes being piped in from the Murray River. However, there exists the potential for groundwater of...-
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Published: 01 Jul 1996
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RB 96/00027 Seismic hazard and microzonation of the Adelaide metropolitan area.
Since the 1989 Newcastle earthquake event, a number of studies on earthquakes have been carried out in South Australia. This report brings together most of these studies, focussing on the probability of ground shaking in Adelaide (hazard), and the...-
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Published: 01 Jul 1996
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RB 95/00004 Willunga Basin. Review of hydrogeology and water budget.
The Willunga Basin is a groundwater resource being stressed by groundwater abstraction for agricultural purposes. The Southern Vales Water Resources Committee, in conjunction with MESA, DENR and SA WATER, are developing groundwater management...-
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Published: 01 Jul 1995
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RB 97/00043 Links aquifer storage and recovery investigation.
MESA has been approached by The Links development consortium to assess the prospects for an aquifer storage and recovery (ASR) scheme at the golfing project site known as The Links, Lady Bay (south of Normanville), to enhance the availability of water...-
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Published: 01 Jun 1997
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RB 97/00046 Briefing-2 on the feasibility of aquifer injection using reclaimed water at Port Adelaide.
Report discusses the scope and cost estimates for a consultancy desktop feasibility study of the proposal, to involve a review of all available data, predictive hydrogeological modelling, the identification and impact assessment of operational issues,...-
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Published: 01 Aug 1997
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Investigation into public risks from potential landfill gas migration and abandoned underground clay mine workings in the Saint Agnes district of Adelaide.
Field investigations including drilling and soil gas sampling, carried out as part of a subsurface hazard assessment for a parcel of land at Saint Agnes, did not indicate any significant risks to an intended building development.-
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Published: 27 Feb 1903
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Proposed residential development at the disused Brompton Gasworks site. Landfill environmental assessment and rehabilitation reports for the period August 1986 to December 1990.
The disturbed soil profiles at 29 historic light to heavy industrial sites in the city of Hindmarsh were investigated to determine their respective levels of hazard contamination and suitability after rehabilitation for undergoing residential...-
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Published: 18 Dec 1990
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Mount Compass. First annual report and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 6/2/2001 to 5/2/2003.
Buried Tertiary sand in the Mount Compass area, ~50 km south of Adelaide, was the target of exploration performed adjacent to the existing Glenshera sand pit. Aircore drilling (31 vertical holes, total 1269 m) defined an area containing a deposit of...-
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