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Groundwater Province: Clarence-Morton

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Introduction
Groundwater management units in Clarence-Morton province
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Introduction

Information presented here has been collated from the detailed groundwater management unit and unincorporated area data. Use the links in the table below to navigate to the detailed descriptions and data for groundwater management units.

Further information

Vital Statistics:

Number of groundwater management units:	29
Number of unincorporated areas:	2
Total groundwater use:	148 GL/yr
Total sustainable yield of groundwater management units:	>301 GL/yr
Total sustainable yield of unincorportated areas:	>507 GL/yr

What are the groundwater management units in Clarence-Morton province?

Groundwater management unit Name	State	Area (km²)	Depth to top of aquifier (m)	Average salinity (mg/l)
Alstonville Basalt	NSW	450	30	200
Central Lockyer Valley	QLD	140	20	1,282
Condamine - Condamine Groundwater Management Area Sub-Area 4	QLD	500	25	548
Condamine River Alluvium (Cunningham to Ellangowan)	QLD	295	11	543
Condamine River Alluvium (Killarney to Murrays Bridge)	QLD	32	7	778
Condamine River Alluvium (Murrays Bridge to Cunningham)	QLD	68	8	480
Dalrymple Creek Alluvium	QLD	260	13	613
Flagstone Creek	QLD	20	13	1,861
Glengallan Creek	QLD	167	11	629
Kings Creek Alluvium	QLD	240	13	828
Laidley Creek (Upper Reach)	QLD	80	16	812
Lockyer - Helidon	QLD	25	15	1,294
Logan / Albert Rivers	QLD	1,325	15	872
Lower Lockyer Creek	QLD	120	17	732
Lower Oakey Creek Alluvium	QLD	455	29	1,938
Ma Ma Creek	QLD	54	12	4,001
Myall / Moola Creek North	QLD	360	13	1,739
Myall Creek	QLD	210	16	1,954
Nobby Basalts	QLD	495	30	1,039
North Coast Fractured Rocks	NSW	2,040	20	150
Oakey Creek Management Area	QLD	213	16	1,345
Richmond Coastal Sands	NSW	1,970	3	1,000
Richmond River Alluvium	NSW	32	5	200
Sandy Creek	QLD	25	16	3,454
Swan Creek Alluvium	QLD	95	9	470
Tenthill Creek	QLD	40	8	938
Toowoomba City Basalt	QLD	117	39	371
Unincorporated Area - Clarence Moreton	QLD	22,800	30	941
Unincorporated Area - Clarence-Morton Basin	NSW	15,835	40	700
Upper Hodgson Creek	QLD	184	36	384
Upper Lockyer Creek	QLD	50	17	1,358

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