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In this section you will find detailed information, including national overviews and state and regional level assessments, from the 2000-2002 National Land and Water Resources Audit theme assessments.
Water resources - Overview - South Australia
Groundwater Management Unit: Unincorporated Area - Peake Denison
Introduction
The Peake and Denison inliers outcrop on the western margin of the Great Artesian Basin (GAB). They consist of rocks of Cambrian to Palaeoproterozoic in age. Copper and gold mines existed in the early 1900s but there has been no mining activity since 1920.
Vital Statistics:
| Area: | 1,720 Km2 |
|---|---|
| Total water allocated: | no data |
| Total water consumed: | no data |
| Average salinity: | no data |
| Sustainable yield: | no data |
| Depth to top of aquifier: | 42 m |
Further Information
- The following groundwater management units also occur in Great Artesian Province
- Condamine - Condamine Groundwater Management Area Sub-Area 1 (QLD)
- Condamine - Condamine Groundwater Management Area Sub-Area 2 (QLD)
- Condamine - Condamine Groundwater Management Area Sub-Area 3 (QLD)
- Condamine - Condamine Groundwater Management Area Sub-Area 5 (QLD)
- Condamine River (Down-river of Condamine Groundwater Management Area) (QLD)
- Curdimurka (Wellfield A) (SA)
- Great Artesian Basin - Barcaldine - Queensland (QLD)
- Great Artesian Basin - Central (NSW)
- Great Artesian Basin - Central - Queensland (QLD)
- Great Artesian Basin - Eastern Recharge A - Queensland (QLD)
- Great Artesian Basin - Eastern Recharge B - Queensland (QLD)
- Great Artesian Basin - Eastern Recharge C - Queensland (QLD)
- Great Artesian Basin - Flinders - Queensland (QLD)
- Great Artesian Basin - Gulf - Queensland (QLD)
- Great Artesian Basin - Mimosa - Queensland (QLD)
- Great Artesian Basin - Northwest - Queensland (QLD)
- Great Artesian Basin - South Australia (SA)
- Great Artesian Basin - Southern Recharge - NSW (NSW)
- Great Artesian Basin - Surat - NSW (NSW)
- Great Artesian Basin - Surat - Queensland (QLD)
- Great Artesian Basin - Warrego (NSW)
- Great Artesian Basin - Warrego - Queensland (QLD)
- Great Artesian Basin - Western (NT)
- Great Artesian Basin - Western - Queensland (QLD)
- Great Artesian Basin - Western Recharge (NT)
- Great Artesian Basin - Western Recharge - Queensland (QLD)
- Lower Gwydir Alluvium (NSW)
- Lower Namoi Alluvium (NSW)
- Muloorina (Wellfield B) (SA)
- St. George Alluvium (QLD)
- Unincorporated Area - Hamilton (SA)
- Weipa (QLD)
- Winton / Mackunda Formations (QLD)
- View the South Australia Water Resources Assessment 2000 Report
- View the South Australia Water Resources Assessment 2000 Technical Report
- For more information about water and other natural resource issues link to www.dwr.sa.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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