6 Summary of literature for areas identified as being vulnerable, or potentially vulnerable, to SWI in South Australia SWI Aquifer SWI SWI of Land / groundwater Location References occurrence Driving factors Investigations lithology monitoring management assessment use reported Adelaide (Gerges, 1996; Gerges, Tertiary No Groundwater Water level; No No Moderate Urban, residential; Metropolitan 2006; Gerges, 2000; aquifers extractions; salinity; parks and gardens; Hodgkin, 2004; Jeuken, comprising groundwater flownets; on occasions used to 2005; Lamontagne et sandstones, mining; supplement Adelaide al., 2005; Osei-Bonsu limestone urbanisation Herzberg, water supply and Barnett, 2008; Zulfic (minor sands) MODFLOW et al., 2008) Eyre (Alcoe, 2009; Auken et Quaternary No in Uley Groundwater Water level; Yes (but not No exploring Moderate Town supply; – Peninsula al., 2009; Brown and karst limestone South, Yes extractions; salinity; CFCs; SWI trigger level irrigation, industry (Coffin Harrington, 2003; Eyre overlying in below average geophysical interface management Bay/Uley) Peninsula Natural Tertiary sands Robinson’s rainfall/droughts (AEM and specific); Resources Management Basin surface); infrequent Board, 2006; Harrington lumped and Brown, 2002; parameter Harrington et al., 2006; model for Uley Seidel, 2008; Zulfic et South Basin al., 2006) Port (Barnett, 1976; King and Tertiary No Groundwater EM; limited No No Moderate Irrigated agriculture; MacDonnell Dodds, 2002; Stadter limestone extractions salinity; improved pasture; and Yan, 2000) numerical stock; domestic; industrial; groundwater dependant ecosystems Le Fevre (Lamontagne et al., Quaternary Yes (e.g. Groundwater Water level; No No Low Residential; urban Peninsula/ 2005; Russell, 1996) dune sands (Gerges, extractions; salinity; parks and gardens Adelaide overlying 2006) from flownets; Tertiary sands, underlying sandstones, saline aquifer limestone
6 Summary of literature for areas identified as being vulnerable, or potentially vulnerable, to SWI in South Australia Location References Aquifer lithology SWI occurrence reported Driving factors Investigations SWI monitoring SWI management of assessment Land / groundwater use Adelaide Metropolitan (Gerges, 1996; Gerges, 2006; Gerges, 2000; Hodgkin, 2004; Jeuken, 2005; Lamontagne et al., 2005; Osei-Bonsu and Barnett, 2008; Zulfic et al., 2008) Tertiary aquifers comprising sandstones, limestone (minor sands) No Groundwater extractions; groundwater mining; urbanisation Water level; salinity; flownets; MODFLOW No No Moderate Urban, residential; parks and gardens; on occasions used to supplement Adelaide water supply Eyre Peninsula (Coffin Bay/Uley) (Alcoe, 2009; Auken et al., 2009; Brown and Harrington, 2003; Eyre Peninsula Natural Resources Management Board, 2006; Harrington and Brown, 2002; Harrington et al., 2006; Seidel, 2008; Zulfic et al., 2006) Quaternary karst limestone overlying Tertiary sands No in Uley South, Yes in Robinson’s Basin Groundwater extractions; below average rainfall/droughts Water level; salinity; CFCs; geophysical (AEM and surface); lumped parameter model for Uley South Basin Yes (but not SWI interface specific); infrequent No – exploring trigger level management Moderate Town supply; irrigation, industry Port MacDonnell (Barnett, 1976; King and Dodds, 2002; Stadter and Yan, 2000) Tertiary limestone No Groundwater extractions EM; limited salinity; numerical No No Moderate Irrigated agriculture; improved pasture; stock; domestic; industrial; groundwater dependant ecosystems Le Fevre Peninsula/ Adelaide (Lamontagne et al., 2005; Russell, 1996) Quaternary dune sands overlying Tertiary sands, sandstones, limestone Yes (e.g. (Gerges, 2006) Groundwater extractions; from underlying saline aquifer Water level; salinity; flownets; No No Low Residential; urban parks and gardens Herzberg,
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