This report details the assessment of the groundwater and surface water investigations undertaken in the Wadeye region by the Water Resources Division of the department in 2016 and 2017. This region was identified in previous work as having horticultural development potential. The funding for this project was provided under the Northern Territory Government’s Land and Water Suitability Assessment Program (2012-2016). Further work is programmed, including water resource monitoring, and flora and fauna assessments.,
Notes
Made available by via Publications (Legal Deposit) Act 2004 (NT).,
Table of contents
Executive Summary -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Geology and geological setting -- 4 Test Pumping -- 5 Groundwater Quality -- 6 Groundwater Movement -- 7 Rainfall and Groundwater Levels -- 8 Recharge -- 9 Surface Water -- 10 Landscape features associated with groundwater and surface water -- 11 Discharges -- 12 Water Balance -- 13 Water Availability -- 14 Conclusions -- 15 Recommendations -- 16 Acknowledgements -- 17 List of References -- Appendix 1 Graphic Bore Logs -- Appendix 2 Stratigraphic log Port Keats 4 -- Appendix 3 Test Pump Results -- Appendix 4 Daily Rainfall Port Keats Airport 2016 -- Appendix 5 Flow Measurements -- Appendix 6 Photos of river baseflows at gauge sites -- Appendix 7 Satellite and aerial images of Ngurrumingki Creek -- Appendix 8 Satellite and aerial images of Kulshill Creek,
Language
English,
Subject
Water Resources Investigation,
Publisher name
Northern Territory Government,
Place of publication
Palmerston,
Series
Technical report 10/2017,
Format
151 pages : colour illustrations and maps ; 30 cm,