RB 96/00011 Assessment of the Tertiary sand aquifer, County Musgrave Proclaimed Wells Area, Eyre Peninsula.
Published: 01 Apr 1996 Created: 07 Nov 2024 Revised: 07 Nov 2024

The groundwater resources of the Tertiary sand aquifer in the County Musgrave Proclaimed Wells Area (PWA) have been reviewed in order to assess the potential for their use to augment groundwater currently extracted from the unconfined Quaternary...

The groundwater resources of the Tertiary sand aquifer in the County Musgrave Proclaimed Wells Area (PWA) have been reviewed in order to assess the potential for their use to augment groundwater currently extracted from the unconfined Quaternary limestone aquifer. The Tertiary sand aquifer is a confined aquifer where it is overlain by the Quaternary limestone aquifer, and semi-confined to unconfined in other parts of the PWA. The groundwater quality varies significantly throughout the area, ranging from 500 mg/l to in excess of 35 000 mg/l. Yields range from 1 to 10 l/s due to the variation in permeability within the Tertiary sand. Results from aquifer tests indicate that transmissivities of the Tertiary sand aquifer vary from 20 to 270 m3/day/m. This report concludes that there is the potential to extract low salinity water from the Tertiary sand aquifer, via a network of low-yielding wells, to au gment the water supply for Eyre Peninsula. It is important that this is done in conjunction with close monitoring of both the Quaternary and Tertiary aquifers. If the Tertiary sand aquifer was to be considered for use as part of the reticulated supply, then further work would be required to fully prove the resource.

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Record No rb9600011
Topic Geoscientific Information
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Document Type Departmental Publication - Hydrogeological Publication
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Tenement
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Geological Province Eucla Basin
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Geographic Locality: Eyre Peninsula;Hd Talia;Elliston;County Musgrave Proclaimed Wells Area;Bramfield lens;Kappawanta lens
Doc No: RB 96/00011
Drillhole: TAA 62;TAA 63;KPW 81;KPW 82
Drillhole Unit No: 5930 01235;5930 01240;5930 1234;5930 1236

Geographic Locality: Eyre Peninsula;Hd Talia;Elliston;County Musgrave Proclaimed Wells Area;Bramfield lens;Kappawanta lens Doc No: RB 96/00011 Drillhole: TAA 62;TAA 63;KPW 81;KPW 82 Drillhole Unit No: 5930 01235;5930 01240;5930 1234;5930 1236

Language English
Metadata Standard ISO 19115-3

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Persistent identifier https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/document/rb9600011
Citation Dowie, J.;Love, A.J. 1996. RB 96/00011 Assessment of the Tertiary sand aquifer, County Musgrave Proclaimed Wells Area, Eyre Peninsula. Departmental Publication - Hydrogeological Publication. Government of South Australia.
https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/document/rb9600011

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