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Groundwater Management (2hrs) Objective: To be able to explain the functioning and management of artesian basins and aquifers.
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Over to you … Watch the video carefully stopping it at key points and recording the most important information under the following headings Importance of water in central Australia 2 million years underground! From Gondwana to Australia The Geology – Clay and silt and Rivers and Sandstone. Permeable and Impermeable the sponge test = Aquifer Total area of the basin & recharge Total amount of water in the basin Use the handouts provided to for annotation purposes.
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Terrestrial Pump Simpson Desert, Birdsville sits over the Great Artesian Basin, which is 2032kms wide and 1450km's long, making it one of the largest underground water supplies on earth. With a surface temperature of 98 degrees Celsius, the water has to be cooled before being supplied for drinking and household use.
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Management of GAB - AUS Make some revision notes based on the video on the previous slide. Include details of how water has been traditionally extracted from deep under the surface.
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Recharge Rates
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Case Study – GAB Consumers http://www.gabcc.org.au/tools/getFile.aspx ?tbl=tblContentItem&id=107http://www.gabcc.org.au/tools/getFile.aspx ?tbl=tblContentItem&id=107 Use the link to the PDF to describe one case study usage of the GAB artesian basin.
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Environmental Impacts http://www.basinsustainabilityalliance.org/factsh eets/factsheet1bsageneraloverviewjuly2010.p df Click on the link above. Read the information carefully before highlighting the main environmental impacts of groundwater abstraction.
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