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1 Clark, I. F.; Brake, L. A. 2011. Sustainable management of groundwater resources in parts of arid South Australia. In Findikakis, A. N.; Sato, K. Groundwater management practices. Leiden, Netherlands: CRC Press - Balkema. pp.179-192. (IAHR Monograph)
Groundwater management ; Water resources ; Reservoirs ; Watersheds ; Arid zones ; Mountain ranges ; Political aspects ; Government policy / South Australia / Flinders Ranges / Great Artesian Basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 333.91 G000 FIN Record No: H045656)
2 Mathur, G. N.; Chawla, A. S. (Eds.) 2005. Water for sustainable development - towards innovative solutions: proceedings of the XII World Water Congress, New Delhi, India, 22-25 November 2005. Vol. 4. New Delhi, India: Central Board of Irrigation and Power; Montpellier, France: International Water Resources Association (IWRA). 331p.
Water management ; Water resources development ; Water demand ; Water rates ; Financing ; Water productivity ; Water conservation ; Virtual water ; Water supply ; Sanitation ; Watersheds ; Water table ; Irrigation management ; Energy generation ; Capacity building ; River basins ; Groundwater ; Remote sensing ; GIS ; Flow discharge ; Aquifers ; Models ; Runoff ; Land use / South Australia / India / Africa / Asia / Gujarat
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 333.91 G000 MAT Record No: H045963)
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3 Fitzgerald, J.; Cunliffe, D.; Rainow, S.; Dodds, S.; Hoestetler, S.; Jacobson, G. 2000. Groundwater quality and environmental health implications, Anangu Pitjantjatjara Lands, South Australia. Canberra, Australia: Bureau of Rural Sciences. 89p.
Groundwater resources ; Water quality ; Monitoring ; Environmental health ; Salinity ; Groundwater treatment ; Water supply ; Geology / South Australia / Pitjantjatjara Lands
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 333.91 G000 FIT Record No: H045972)
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4 Wu, Z.; McKay, J.; Keremane, G. 2014. Stormwater reuse for sustainable cities: the South Australian experience. In Maheshwari, B.; Purohit, R.; Malano, H.; Singh, V. P.; Amerasinghe, Priyanie. (Eds.). The security of water, food, energy and liveability of cities: challenges and opportunities for peri-urban futures. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer. pp.137-150. (Water Science and Technology Library Volume 71)
Water management ; Aquifers ; Recharge ; Rainwater ; Wastewater treatment ; Water reuse ; Water quality ; Health hazards ; Periurban areas ; Communities ; Towns ; Sustainability / South Australia / Adelaide / Salisbury / Charles Sturt
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H047025)
Australia has a high level of urbanisation by world standards and the state of South Australia has one of the most concentrated settlement patterns in Australia. Rapid population growth and a drought ending in 2010 have placed increased pressure on urban water resources. Addressing this issue requires that we consider a diverse portfolio of water supply options for non-potable uses. South Australia actually leads the nation in alternative non-potable water sources, with stormwater capture and reuse, wastewater recycling and rainwater tank ownership. However, past studies have identified public health concerns and a lack of public acceptance as major challenges in implementing water reuse strategies. This paper is based on an internet survey of the communities residing in the periphery of the city of Adelaide in South Australia and about their attitudes and intentions to use treated stormwater for various non-potable uses. We found that respondents’ emotions and perceptions of health risks regarding the use of treated stormwater were closely related to the proximity of the end use to human contact. In terms of the quality attributes, colour, odour and salt levels were all considered important, but odour was the most important for all potential uses, except washing cars. The quality preferences were also closely related to the proximity of the end use to human contact.
5 Knowling, M. J.; Werner, A. D. 2016. Estimability of recharge through groundwater model calibration: insights from a field-scale steady-state example. Journal of Hydrology, 540:973-987. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2016.07.003]
Groundwater recharge ; Models ; Calibration ; Estimation ; Hydraulic conductivity ; Aquifers ; Pumping ; Coastal area ; Spatial distribution ; Discharges / South Australia / Uley Basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H047639)
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The ability of groundwater models to inform recharge through calibration is hampered by the correlation between recharge and aquifer parameters such as hydraulic conductivity (K), and the insufficient information content of observation datasets. These factors collectively result in non-uniqueness of parameter estimates. Previous studies that jointly estimate spatially distributed recharge and hydraulic parameters are limited to synthetic test cases and/or do not evaluate the effect of non-uniqueness. The extent to which recharge can be informed by calibration is largely unknown for practical situations, in which complexities such as parameter heterogeneities are inherent. In this study, a systematic investigation of recharge, inferred through model calibration, is undertaken using a series of numerical experiments that include varying degrees of hydraulic parameter information. The analysis involves the use of a synthetic reality, based on a regional-scale, highly parameterised, steady-state groundwater model of Uley South Basin, South Australia. Parameter identifiability is assessed to evaluate the ability of parameters to be estimated uniquely. Results show that a reasonable inference of recharge (average recharge error 100 K values across the 129 km2 study area). The introduction of pumping data into the calibration reduces error in both the average recharge and its spatial variability, whereas submarine groundwater discharge (as a calibration target) reduces average recharge error only. Nonetheless, the estimation of steady-state recharge through inverse modelling may be impractical for real-world settings, limited by the need for unrealistic amounts of hydraulic parameter and groundwater level data. This study provides a useful benchmark for evaluating the extent to which field-scale groundwater models can be used to inform recharge subject to practical data-availability limitations.
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