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Preliminary Isotope Assessment, La Grange Groundwater Area, Glenn A. Harrington
Preliminary Isotope Assessment, La Grange Groundwater Area, Glenn A. Harrington
Natural resources commissioned reports
The Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia (DAFWA) is currently undertaking a Royalties for Regions funded project in the La Grange Groundwater Area south of Broome. The focus is on providing improved confidence about soil suitability and water availability for potential expansion of irrigated agriculture in the region. Groundwater in the Broome Sandstone Aquifer (BSA) is the target water resource, however before the La Grange project commenced little was known about the physical and chemical attributes of the aquifer. This report provides the results of estimated groundwater recharge and residence times using environmental tracer techniques.
Sampling of 12 existing …