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Oolloo Springs
Rainbow Spring
Fig TreeSpring
Bitter Springs (See note 3)
DouglasHot Springs(See note 1)
FloraRiver
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This map was producedon the Geocentric Datum
of Australia 1994 (GDA 94)
The Daly, Wiso and Georgina Basins are sedimentary basins. The boundariesbetween them are defined by ridges in the underlying bedrock. This diagramshows the topography of the basin floor and the relationship between the basins.
Total Dissolved Solids is a measure of the mineral salts dissolved inwater. The main constituents in Daly Basin groundwaters are calcium,magnesium and bicarbonate ions. They are derived from the host rockwhich is made up of the minerals dolomite (calcium/magnesiumcarbonate) and calcite (calcium carbonate). The TDS is controlled by therate of recharge and the nature of the rock that hosts the aquifer.
STANDING WATER LEVELWater levels in observation bores vary with time. The levels show an annual cycle; they rise in the wet when the aquifers are recharged and fall during the dry as they drain.Longer term fluctations are related to changes in rainfall. Current groundwater levels are mostly very high, reflecting above average rainfalls experienced since the mid 1970’s.
W A T E R Q U A L I T YMany bores in the rural subdivisionsalong Florina Road tap aquifers in theJinduckin Formation and have elevatedlevels of sodium, chloride and sulphate.This makes some of the waterunsuitable for human consumption. Thesource of these salts are the mineralshalite (sodium chloride) and anhydrite(calicum sulphate) which wereincorporated into the rock when it waslaid down.
NOTES:
1 DOUGLAS HOT SPRINGS - This spring issues from a sandstone aquifer that underlies the Daly Basin and is brought to the surfaceby faulting. The recharge area is some 15km to the north east where the sandstone outcrops. The high temperature of the spring water (50^C)suggests that it comes from a greater depth than other springs in the basin. It also has a low hardness and low Total Dissolved Solids contentindicating that the aquifer does not contain limestone.
2 KATHERINE HOT SPRINGS - On a Dry season morning when the air temperature can drop to 15^C or less, the spring water at 32?Cfeels hot and steam can rise from the water. It is not a true thermal spring however, as the ambient temperature of shallow groundwatersthroughout the region is also about 32^C. Other springs in the basin range between 32^C to 35^C.
3 BITTER SPRINGS - The slightly bitter taste of these waters is due to a higher than normal content of salts of sulphate. The oxygen poorenvironment beneath the surrounding swamp converts some of the sulphate to hydrogen sulphide (rotten egg gas) which can often be smelt in thespring area.
Black numbered lines are 20000 metre intervals of the Map Grid of Australia (MGA)Zones 52 & 53 Universal Transverse Mercator Projection
Horizontal Datum GDA 94
0 10 20 30 40
kilometres50
kilometres10
END OF DRY SEASON FLOWSThe lowest river flow recorded each year occurs just before the first substantial rains of the wet season, typically in October or November. At that time all of the water is sourcedfrom groundwater, via springs and seepage into the river bed. This graph shows how flows progressively increase as the river passes across the Daly Basin. It also shows thatthe flows are directly related to rainfall and that flows over the past 30 years are probably higher than the long term average.
For further information contact:Water Resources, Department of Land Resource Management
4th Floor Goyder Centre, 25 Chung Wah Terrace,Palmerston, Northern Territory.
T: (08) 8999 4455 Email: [email protected] Box 496, Palmerston, NT 0831
Water Bore
Water Level Monitoring Bore
Stream gauging station
Spring
Line of Cross-section
End of Dry Season River Flows
Dry
0.01 to 0.1 cumecs
0.1 to 1.0 cumecs
1.0 to 10.0 cumecs
BASurfacewater Catchment - Name / Boundary
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DALY BASIN AQUIFERS
FLORINA FORMATIONFractured rock local aquifers, yields to 20 L/s.Moderate sucess rate. Limestones locallycavernous. Limestone and glauconiticsandstone
OOLLOO DOLOSTONE
Fractured and cavenous aquifer, yields up to50 L/s. Moderate success rate. The aquifer isconfined by Jinduckin Formation in this zone.The inner margin approximates the pointswhere the limestone is 150 metres belowground level. Shallow aquifers in the JinduckinFormation may also be present.
Fractured and cavenous aquifer, yields up to50 L/s. Moderate to high success rate. Theaquifer is largely unconfined in this zone
Fractured rock local aquifers, yields up to 5 L/s.Minor interbedded limestone, fractured andcavenous aquifers, yields up to 20 L/s.Moderate to low success rate.
JINDUCKIN FORMATION
TINDALL LIMESTONE
Up to 0.01 cumecs
AQUIFERS
WATER RESOURCES FEATURES
Railway
Gas Pipeline
Property Boundary
Station Homestead
Powerline
MountainMt Bowman
Park or Reserve
GENERAL FEATURES
Major Aboriginal Community
Minor Aboriginal Community
Major Town
Minor Town
Roadhouse
Highway
Major road
Track
Family Outstation
Minor Road - Sealed
Minor Road - Unsealed
ELEVATION of the FLOOR of the DALY BASIN
20 60 kmkm 0 40
100 Metres above / below sealevel AHD of the base
of the Tindall Limestone
20 60 kmkm 0 40
TINDALL AQUIFER GROUNDWATER ELEVATION
Daly Basin
Flow DirectionTindall Aquifer
Discharge Zone
Monitoring Bore
Oolloo Aquifer
Groundwater level(m AHD)110
OOLLOO AQUIFER GROUNDWATER ELEVATION TOTAL DISSOLVED SOLIDS in GROUNDWATER in theOOLLOO and TINDALL AQUIFERS
200 - 500 mg/L
500 - 800 mg/L
500 - 1500 mg/L
Daly Basin
Note: 1 cumec = 1000 litres/second
Fault
Daly Basin
Basin divide
70
Daly Basin
Flow Direction
Discharge Zone
Monitoring Bore
Oolloo Aquifer
Groundwater level (m AHD)
KATHERINE
NHULUNBUY
JABIRUDARWIN
NORTHERN
TERRITORY
TENNANT CREEK
ALICE SPRINGS
PINE CREEKSD 52-08
MOUNTEVELYN
SD 53-05
MOUNTMARUMBASD 53-06
FERGUSSONRIVER
SD 52-12
KATHERINESD 53-09
URAPUNGASD 53-10
DELAMERESD 52-16
LARRIMAHSD 53-13
HODGSON DOWNSSD 53-14
VICTORIARIVER DOWNS
SE 52-04
DALY WATERSSE 53-01
TANUMBIRINISE 53-02
MAPLOCALITY
Pastoral Station nameFLORINA
Hayes Creek
Dorisvale
Katherine
Pine Creek
Nauiyu
Binjari
Djarrung
INDEX TO 250KMAPSHEETS
10 30 kmkm 0 20
20 60 kmkm 0 40
DALY
SEEKATHERINE
REGION INSETFOR DETAIL
Minor porous sand aquifers but mostlyunsaturated. Sand and clay. Recharge to theunderlying Daly Basin is restricted whereclay is dominant.
Licensed Water Bore (as of 2011)
Oolloo Aquifer
Tindal Aquifer
KATHERINE REGION
2013
2015
1971
1973
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1979
WATER YEAR
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RN 7595Confined by Cretaceuos Clays
OOLLOO AQUIFER - STANDING WATER LEVELRN 21717Unconfined
See main map for bore locations
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WATER YEAR
TINDAL AQUIFER - STANDING WATER LEVELRN 29429Unconfined
See main map and Katherine Regionmap for bore locations
2013
2015
RN 22006Confined by Cretaceous Clays
RN 22397Confined by Jinduckin Formation
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Daly River at Mount NancarG8140040
Daly River at Dorisvale CrossingG8140067
Katherine River at the old Railway BridgeG8140001
END of the DRY SEASON FLOWS in the DALY RIVER 1961 to 2010
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Sedimentary Basin Boundary
Prepared and ProducedPrepared and Produced
APRIL 2016APRIL 2016
Hydrogeologist: S. Tickell,Water Resources Division, Department of Land Resource Management,
Northern Territory of Australia
Hydrogeologist: S. Tickell,Water Resources Division, Department of Land Resource Management,
Northern Territory of Australia
Revisions and updates have been made since the initial publicationof this map in May 2007
Revisions and updates have been made since the initial publicationof this map in May 2007
Major widespread cavernous aquifer. Yields to100 L/s. Moderate to high sucess rate.Dolostone.
Cartography: L. J. Fritz July 2016
Spatial Data & Mapping, Water Resources Division,
Department of Land Resource Management, Goyder Centre, Palmerston, Northern Territory
Internet: www.lrm.nt.gov.au/nrmapsnt Map Reference: Daly-Basin-Aquifers