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Water for Infrastructure Corridors – Phase 1, Torrens Basin groundwater investigation.
The Water for Infrastructure Corridors Initiative is a project funded through the Economic and Business Growth Fund and is a collaboration between the Department for Environment and Water, the Department for Infrastructure and Transport and the...-
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RB 38/00021 Utilization of groundwater in the Pirie-Torrens Basin. Appendix 1 in: Chebotarev, I.I. - The hydrology of the Pirie-Torrens Basin.
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Published: 01 Jan 1958
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RB 59/00133 Investigation of Lakes Torrens and Gairdner. Part 1 investigation of Lake Torrens.
Lake Torrens, a normally - dry salina whose surface is 112 feet above sea level, has been the site of accummulation of some l,000 feet of continental lacustrine sediments since Eocene times. Sublake sediments encountered in boring comprise in...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1968
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RB 58/00071 Report on groundwater prospects, Neuroodla Siding, section 268 Hd Barnidoota - Commonwealth Railways.
Groundwater occurs to the east in Marinoan rocks forming the Northern Flinders Range and to the west in the Pirie-Torrens Basin. All existing supplies are too saline for use. Mapping has shown limestone beds which have not yet been exploited and water...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1964
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RB 44/00117 Report on groundwater prospects, Mulgaria Station. Pastoral Lease 1931, blocks 251 and 801, pastoral sheet 12 South - S. Mahomet.
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Published: 01 Jan 1957
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RB 42/00026 Hydrology of the Pirie-Torrens Basin.
The trend in recent years to the raising of extensive crops of garden peas and other vegetables in portions of the coastal region between Port Pirie and Port Augusta has stimulated interest in the role which underground water might play in the...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1958
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RB 82/00068 Hawker Marree road, Nilpena to Beltana Siding. Drilling for construction water.
7 cable tool wells drilled in 1980 were unsuccessful. In 1981 5 rotary holes were drilled. 2 of 3 wells drilled in fractured Pound Quartzite and Wilkawillina Limestone were successful, but 2 drilled in Tertiary sediments were unsuccessful.-
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Published: 01 Sep 1982
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RB 85/00001 Hydrogeological investigations geophysical survey at Saltia Creek, Stirling North, Port Augusta, South Australia.
Combined experimental transient EM (TEM) and vertical electric sounding (VES) attempted to delimit shallow freshwater aquifers. Both methods furnished good quality data. However, only electrical soundings were able to detect deeper seated, higher...-
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Published: 01 Apr 1985
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RB 84/00074A Time series modelling of southern Pirie-Torrens Basin observation well data.
Time series techniques can be used to produce empirical models of variations in piezometric water table heads of aquifers. Results varying from poor to very good were obtained. Failure of the technique for some of the wells was due mainly to either...-
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Published: 01 Oct 1984
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RB 80/00078 Redcliff area. Groundwater scout drilling (1979).
2 holes totalling 144 m intersected Precambrian quartzite at 65 metres. No significant aquifers were found. Geophysical work indicates trough as source of saline ground water and target for coal exploration.-
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Published: 01 Apr 1985
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RB 80/00014 ANDAMOOKA 1:250 000 sheet. Water well survey.
60 wells were examined. Information on a further 120 wells was obtained from Departmental records. Very high salinity is characteristic. Useful water has been obtained from Adelaidean sediments, Upper Proterozoic Tent Hill Formation, Cambrian...-
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Published: 01 Mar 1980
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RB 80/00012 WHYALLA 1:250 000 sheet. Water well survey.
In 1978 and 1970, 340 wells and springs were inspected. The high salinity makes it useless for most purposes in all but 7% of the area. Where quality permits, groundwater has been used for watering stock. Yields are commonly very small, 10 kL/day is...-
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Published: 01 Apr 1980
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RB 98/00019 Spencer Regions strategic water management study.
The availability of adequate water supplies is crucial to future development, particularly in the arid areas of the State. Primary Industries and Resources South Australia (PIRSA), as part of the Spencer Regions Strategic Water Management Study, has...-
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Published: 01 Apr 1998
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RB 90/00039 Groundwater and irrigation in the Baroota area, southern Pirie-Torrens Basin.
Aerial photography indicates that irrigation has increased substantially over the last few years. Concern has been expressed by some land-owners, and by the Mount Remarkable District Council, that extraction might be excessive. There is at least a...-
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Published: 01 Aug 1989
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Lake MacFarlane. Combined first annual / final report at licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 20/1/2016 to 19/1/2017.
Laboratory analysis of 18 samples of groundwater seepage brine collected from Lake MacFarlane during June-July 2016 indicated that the lake was unlikely to host an economically viable potash resource, and therefore the mineral exploration licence...-
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Published: 30 Nov 1916
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Port Augusta - Lake Torrens area. Progress reports and final report to licence full surrender, for the period 28/11/1979 to 29/10/1986.
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Lake Torrens. Progress reports to licence expiry/renewal for the period 13/4/1973 to 12/4/1975.
Continuing exploration by Delhi of the industrial salt potential of subsurface brines in the Lake Torrens basin aimed to ascertain the potential reserves of NaCl in the southern part of the lake, and to confirm the availability of suitable brine...-
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Lake Torrens, Stuart Creek Homestead, Mount Bayley and Lake Torrens West. Licence-specific progress reports and final reports to licences' respective expiry/full surrender, for the overall period 11/11/1986 to 1/3/1989.
TARGET: In an untested area immediately west of Leigh Creek, extending as far as the eastern side of Lake Torrens, ETSA was aiming to find buried deposits of Late Palaeozoic or Mesozoic coal of a rank at least equal to that of Leigh Creek coal (and...-
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Wilkatana area. Miscellaneous bore sample analyses.
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Woomera 1. Geological sample inspection and drilling progress reports, plus well test technical data.
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Published: 17 Feb 1981
