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Batchelor water supply development study 1985.

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Title

Batchelor water supply development study 1985.

Creator

Keith Lane & Associated Pty Ltd

Collection

E-Publications; E-Books; PublicationNT; Report ; 68/1985

Date

1985-12-01

Description

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

Notes

Date:1985-12

Language

English

Publisher name

Dept. of Mines and Energy

Place of publication

Darwin

Series

Report ; 68/1985

File type

application/pdf.

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Check within Publication or with content Publisher.

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/228625

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/673905

Page content

Technical Report WRD85068 Viewed at 15:07:30 on 29/07/2010 Page 24 of 58. I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I limits recommended by the Australian Water Resources Council and the National Health and Medical Research Council (AWRC/NHMRC). The manganese concentrations have however, been decreasing with time. For example, manganese concentrations in samples taken in August, 1981 averaged approximately 3.6 mg/L, whereas samples taken in June, 1984 averaged approximately 0.21 mg!L. The AWRC/NHMRC recommend desireable levels of 0.5 mg!L, with long term objec~ives of 0.05 mg!L. Also, with the removal of highly polluted lakes from the Rum Jungle area and the unlikely chance of any significant mining or industrial development in the area, in the opinion of Water Resources Division, it is unforseeable that there will be any future pollution of the groundwater. In the unlikely event of any development proposals in the area, consideration should be given to the risk of pollution of the aquifer system. 20