Territory Stories

Western Davenport NWG Hydrostratigraphy

Details:

Title

Western Davenport NWG Hydrostratigraphy,

Other title

Overview of drilling and pumping test investigations 2022-2024,

Creator

Northern Territory, Department of Lands, Planning and Environment. Water Resources Division,

Collection

E-Publications, PublicationNT, E-Books, Technical Report 33/2024,

Date

2025,

Location

Western Davenport, Central Plains,

Abstract

The Department of Lands, Planning and Environment’s Water Resources Division (WRD) undertook a shallow drilling program across the Western Davenport Central Plains region during the 2022 dry season period, followed by a deep drilling campaign in 2023-2024. Investigations were designed to support delivery of the National Water Grid (NWG) Western Davenport hydrostratigraphy project; a joint collaboration between the Northern Territory Government (NTG), Charles Darwin University (CDU) and Flinders University in South Australia,

Notes

Made available by via Publications (Legal Deposit) Act 2004 (NT),

Table of contents

1. Introduction -- 2. Hydrogeological settings -- 3. Drilling investigations -- 4. Key findings -- 5. Reference -- Appendix A : graphical bore logs -- Appendix B : Bore hydrographs (shallow drilling),

Language

English,

Subject

Drilling investigations, Hydrogeological, Bore logs,

Publisher name

Northern Territory Government,

Place of publication

Palmerston (NT),

Series

Technical Report 33/2024,

Format

93 pages : colour illustrations and maps ; 30 cm,

File type

application/pdf,

ISBN

9781743504550,

Use

Attribution International 4.0 (CC BY 4.0),

Copyright owner

Northern Territory Government,

License

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/,

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/1035795,