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Water resources - Overview - Queensland
Groundwater Management Unit: Condamine River Alluvium (Cunningham to Ellangowan)
Introduction
The Condamine River is located on the western side of the Great Dividing Range and is the main drainage of the Condamine Basin (4223). The Condamine River Alluvium Cunningham to Ellangowan GMU is located in the Warwick and Clifton Shires and includes all or part of the Parishes of Ellangowan, Felton, North Toolburra, Pratten, South Toolburra and Talgai. It extends over an area of 295 sq km. The town of Pratten is situated in the south-east of the GMU. The Condamine River Alluvium Cunningham to Ellangowan GMU is drained in a westerly direction by the Condamine River and its tributary streams including Greymare, Dalrymple, Kings and Thanes Creeks.
The Condamine River Alluvium Cunningham to Ellangowan GMU is highly developed with a high density of extraction bores, particularly upstream of Pratten, in the Cunningham Plains. Irrigation supplies are generally good, however supplies obtained on of the right bank of the alluvium are relatively unproductive. Groundwater extracted from the aquifers is used for stock and domestic, irrigation, town, industrial and stock intensive supplies. Groundwater is of good quality and suitable for most purposes. Surface water from the Leslie Dam is used conjunctively with groundwater supplies for the irrigation of crops.
The GMU experiences a temperate climate with an average annual rainfall of 671 mm. Approximately 67% of rainfall occurs between the months of October and March, inclusive.
Vital Statistics:
| Area: | 295 Km2 |
|---|---|
| Total water allocated: | no data |
| Total water consumed: | 6,000 ML/yr |
| Average salinity: | 543 mg/l |
| Sustainable yield: | 9,400 ML/yr |
| Depth to top of aquifier: | 11 m |
Further Information
- The following groundwater management units also occur in Clarence-Morton Province
- Alstonville Basalt (NSW)
- Central Lockyer Valley (QLD)
- Condamine - Condamine Groundwater Management Area Sub-Area 4 (QLD)
- Condamine River Alluvium (Killarney to Murrays Bridge) (QLD)
- Condamine River Alluvium (Murrays Bridge to Cunningham) (QLD)
- Dalrymple Creek Alluvium (QLD)
- Flagstone Creek (QLD)
- Glengallan Creek (QLD)
- Kings Creek Alluvium (QLD)
- Laidley Creek (Upper Reach) (QLD)
- Lockyer - Helidon (QLD)
- Logan / Albert Rivers (QLD)
- Lower Lockyer Creek (QLD)
- Lower Oakey Creek Alluvium (QLD)
- Ma Ma Creek (QLD)
- Myall / Moola Creek North (QLD)
- Myall Creek (QLD)
- Nobby Basalts (QLD)
- North Coast Fractured Rocks (NSW)
- Oakey Creek Management Area (QLD)
- Richmond Coastal Sands (NSW)
- Richmond River Alluvium (NSW)
- Sandy Creek (QLD)
- Swan Creek Alluvium (QLD)
- Tenthill Creek (QLD)
- Toowoomba City Basalt (QLD)
- Unincorporated Area - Clarence Moreton (QLD)
- Unincorporated Area - Clarence-Morton Basin (NSW)
- Upper Hodgson Creek (QLD)
- Upper Lockyer Creek (QLD)
- View the Queensland Water Resources Assessment 2000 Report
- View the Queensland Water Resources Assessment 2000 Technical Report
- For more information about water and other natural resource issues link to www.nrm.qld.gov.au.
- Link to data available for download on the Groundwater management units and provinces - ARC/INFO export
- Link to the Map Maker to make a map using this information.
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