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Water Resource Assessment: Ti Tree Palaeovalley Aquifer

Details:

Title

Water Resource Assessment: Ti Tree Palaeovalley Aquifer,

Creator

Cobban, Dale,

Issued by

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

Collection

E-Publications, E-Books, PublicationNT, TR25/2024,

Date

2025-01-23,

Location

Ti Tree, Woodforde River, Allungra Creek,

Abstract

Assessment of the water resources of the Ti Tree Water Control District including the Ti Tree palaeovalley aquifer and surrounding basement rocks, the Woodforde River and Allungra Creek non-perennial surface water resources.,

Notes

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

Table of contents

1. Introduction -- 2. Study Area -- 2.1 Location -- 2.2 Climate -- 2.3 Climate variation -- 2.4 Vegetation -- 2.5 Topography -- 2.6 Geology -- 2.6.1 Palaeovalleys -- 2.6.2 Ti Tree Palaeovalley -- 2.6.3 Stratigraphy -- 2.7 Hydrogeology -- 2.7.1 Shallow aquifer -- 2.7.2 Deep aquifer -- 2.8 Surface water / groundwater connectivity -- 2.9 Recharge -- 2.10 Discharge -- 2.11 Groundwater flow system -- 3. Groundwater Model -- 4. Groundwater Assessment -- 4.1 Groundwater Monitoring Program -- 4.2 Groundwater use -- 4.3 Ti Tree groundwater balance -- 4.4 Groundwater levels in the Ti Tree aquifer -- 4.3.1. Modelled groundwater levels -- 4.3.2. Measured groundwater levels -- 4.3.3. Recharge from flood-out events -- 4.3.4. Modelled groundwater hydrographs -- 4.5 Groundwater quality -- 4.5.1 Groundwater Pollution -- 4.6 Summary of Recommendations for Groundwater Monitoring -- 4.7 Groundwater Dependent Ecosystems -- 5. Surface Water Assessment -- 5.1 Surface drainage system -- 5.2 Surface water monitoring program -- 5.3 Surface water flow in the Woodforde River -- 5.3.1 Baseflow in the Woodforde River -- 5.4 Surface water flow in Allungra Creek -- 5.4.1 Baseflow in Allungra Creek -- 5.5 Surface water quality -- 5.6 Recommendations for surface water monitoring -- 6. Risk Assessment -- 6.1 Risk assessment methodology -- 7. Discussion -- 8. Key Findings and Recommendations -- 8.1 Findings -- 8.2 Recommendations -- 9. Conclusion -- 10. References -- Appendix A: Rainfall - Silo -- Appendix B: Groundwater Hydrographs -- Appendix C: Modelled groundwater hydrographs -- Appendix D: Water quality for monitoring bores -- Appendix E: Borehole stratigraphic logs,

Language

English,

Subject

Groundwater Assessment, Groundwater quality, Ti Tree Water Allocation Plan, Hydrogeology, Ti Tree palaeovalley aquifer, Surface water assessment, Risk assessment, Groundwater Model,

Publisher name

Northern Territory Government,

Place of publication

Palmerston (NT),

Edition

Final,

Series

TR25/2024,

Format

201 pages : colour illustrations, graphs and maps ; 30 cm,

File type

application/pdf,

ISBN

9781743504475,

NED identifier

NED374850P939742,

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/986724,

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/986725