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A Feasibility Assessment of Irrigated Agriculture on the Keep River Plains
Details:
Title
A Feasibility Assessment of Irrigated Agriculture on the Keep River Plains,
Creator
Short, M. A,
Yin Foo, D,
Tickell, S,
Northern Territory. Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Water Resources Division,
Collection
E-Publications,
E-Books,
PublicationNT,
Technical Report ; 46/2019,
Date
2019-10-01,
Location
Keep River Plains,
Description
A project was commenced in 2016 to undertake the additional scientific investigations required to better assess these risks prior to any expenditure of Australian Government, NT Government or private sector funds on future irrigation development and associated infrastructure. This assessment of the feasibility of irrigated development into the Ord Stage 3 – Keep River Plains has encapsulated a broad range of earth science disciplines. These include the areas of geology, geomorphology and soil, hydrology, hydrogeology, hydrogeochemistry, ecology (springs and potential GDEs), geophysics and the specialisation areas of remote sensed data acquisition.,
Notes
Made available by via Publications (Legal Deposit) Act 2004 (NT).,
Table of contents
1 Executive summary -- 2 Introduction -- 2.1 Technical background -- 2.2 Project objectives -- 2.3 Project scope -- 2.4 Project reporting milestones -- 2.5 Report exclusions -- 2.6 Feasibility assessment approach -- 2.7 Previous assessments -- 2.7.1 Salinity -- 2.7.2 Soils -- 2.7.3 Flooding -- 3 Salinity hazard -- 3.1 Methodology -- 3.2 Salinity risk scores -- 3.2.1 Soils -- 3.2.2 Groundwater -- 3.3 Salinity hazard map -- 3.4 Salinity hazard mapping limitations -- 4 Flood inundation potential -- 4.1 Rainfall-runoff modelling -- 4.2 Water observations from space -- 4.3 Flood inundation potential limitations -- 5 Land Capability assessment -- 5.1 Border Creek and Keep River Plains -- 5.2 Upper Knox Creek Plain -- 5.3 Land capability assessment limitations -- 6 Feasibility of irrigated agriculture -- 6.1 Summary -- 6.1.1 Upper Knox Creek Plain -- 6.1.2 Lower Border Creek Plain -- 6.1.3 Upper Keep River Plain -- 6.1.4 Lower Keep River Plain -- 6.2 Technical recommendations -- 7 Glossary -- 8 List of Abbreviation -- 9 References,
Language
English,
Subject
Irrigated agricultuire,
Groundwater,
Publisher name
Northern Territory Government,
Place of publication
Palmerston,
Series
Technical Report ; 46/2019,
Format
52 pages : colour maps ; 30 cm.,
File type
application/pdf,
ISBN
9781743502310,
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/10070/755309 ,
Citation address
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/755309
Related items
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/799386 ,
Territory Stories
A Feasibility Assessment of Irrigated Agriculture on the Keep River Plains
Details:
Title
A Feasibility Assessment of Irrigated Agriculture on the Keep River Plains,
Creator
Short, M. A,
Yin Foo, D,
Tickell, S,
Northern Territory. Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Water Resources Division,
Collection
E-Publications,
E-Books,
PublicationNT,
Technical Report ; 46/2019,
Date
2019-10-01,
Location
Keep River Plains,
Description
A project was commenced in 2016 to undertake the additional scientific investigations required to better assess these risks prior to any expenditure of Australian Government, NT Government or private sector funds on future irrigation development and associated infrastructure. This assessment of the feasibility of irrigated development into the Ord Stage 3 – Keep River Plains has encapsulated a broad range of earth science disciplines. These include the areas of geology, geomorphology and soil, hydrology, hydrogeology, hydrogeochemistry, ecology (springs and potential GDEs), geophysics and the specialisation areas of remote sensed data acquisition.,
Notes
Made available by via Publications (Legal Deposit) Act 2004 (NT).,
Table of contents
1 Executive summary -- 2 Introduction -- 2.1 Technical background -- 2.2 Project objectives -- 2.3 Project scope -- 2.4 Project reporting milestones -- 2.5 Report exclusions -- 2.6 Feasibility assessment approach -- 2.7 Previous assessments -- 2.7.1 Salinity -- 2.7.2 Soils -- 2.7.3 Flooding -- 3 Salinity hazard -- 3.1 Methodology -- 3.2 Salinity risk scores -- 3.2.1 Soils -- 3.2.2 Groundwater -- 3.3 Salinity hazard map -- 3.4 Salinity hazard mapping limitations -- 4 Flood inundation potential -- 4.1 Rainfall-runoff modelling -- 4.2 Water observations from space -- 4.3 Flood inundation potential limitations -- 5 Land Capability assessment -- 5.1 Border Creek and Keep River Plains -- 5.2 Upper Knox Creek Plain -- 5.3 Land capability assessment limitations -- 6 Feasibility of irrigated agriculture -- 6.1 Summary -- 6.1.1 Upper Knox Creek Plain -- 6.1.2 Lower Border Creek Plain -- 6.1.3 Upper Keep River Plain -- 6.1.4 Lower Keep River Plain -- 6.2 Technical recommendations -- 7 Glossary -- 8 List of Abbreviation -- 9 References,
Language
English,
Subject
Irrigated agricultuire,
Groundwater,
Publisher name
Northern Territory Government,
Place of publication
Palmerston,
Series
Technical Report ; 46/2019,
Format
52 pages : colour maps ; 30 cm.,
File type
application/pdf,
ISBN
9781743502310,
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/10070/755309 ,
Citation address
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/755309
Related items
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/799386 ,