Of 16 wells drilled, only 6 have an adequate supply of saline groundwater for construction use. On the western part of the section, 4 wells into the deeper fractured rock aquifer were dry. Subsequently another 8 randomly sited wells were drilled into the Cadna-owie Formation Sandstone and of these, only 1 yielded a small supply of saline water. Due to the very poor groundwater prospects, alternative development of shallow supplies from salt lakes through the use of well points or trenches should be considered.