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Pesticides and nutrients in the Oolloo aquifer

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Title

Pesticides and nutrients in the Oolloo aquifer,

Creator

Schult, J.,

Issued by

Northern Territory. Department of Environment and Natural Resources,

Collection

E-Publications, E-Books, PublicationNT, Report No; 11/2018D,

Date

2018-06-30,

Location

Oolloo Aquifer, Daly Basin, Katherine region, Daly River region,

Abstract

This study assessed the contamination of groundwater with nutrients and pesticides in the Oolloo dolostone aquifer, which forms part of the Daly Basin, a geological formation that underlies part of the Katherine and Daly River regions. It is the third study in a rolling program of baseline pesticide and nutrient monitoring in groundwater of Top End Water Allocation Planning areas; previously sampled regions being the Tindall aquifer in Katherine (2015) and the Berry and Howard Springs region aquifers (2016).,

Notes

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

Table of contents

Contents; Summary; 1. Introduction; 2. Methods; 3. Results; 4. Discussion; 5. References,

Language

English,

Subject

groundwater monitoring, bore samples, water resource survey,

Publisher name

Northern Territory Government,

Place of publication

Palmerston,

Series

Report No; 11/2018D,

Format

35 pages ; colour maps ; 30 cm.,

File type

application/pdf,

ISBN

9781743501665,

Use

Attribution International 4.0 (CC BY 4.0),

Copyright owner

Northern Territory Government,

License

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

Related links

https://denr.nt.gov.au/land-resource-management/water/water-publications/water-publications,

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/300257,

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/378764