Chapter 3
I Background
II Early European Settlements
III Assessment Of Available Water Resources
IV Water Supplies For Goldmining Development
V Irrigation Development
i Channels, weirs and barrages
ii Measuring farm supplies - the Dethridge wheel
iii Early pumping schemes
iv Irrigation techniques
v Drainage of irrigated land
vi Recharge of aquifer
vii Soil-plant-water relationships
viii Carry-over storages and security of supply
VI Farm And Stock Water Supplies
VII Urban Water Supplies
VIII Wastewater Management And Treatment
IX Water Quality Management
X Limnological And Water Quality Research
XI New Techniques In Water Resource Planning And Management
XII Legislation
XIII Conclusion
XIV List Of Abbreviations
XV Acknowledgements
XVI Plantations-high Productivity Resources
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Recharge of aquifer
Processes for the artificial recharge of aquifers have been developed in Queensland in recent years because natural recharge was insufficient to maintain supplies to irrigation areas supplied from the aquifers. The Burdekin Delta Scheme has provided security for 20,000 ha of crops by diverting into aquifers water which would otherwise flow to the sea. The recharge also halted the lateral intrusion of seawater into the aquifers which had begun with the progressive lowering of groundwater levels in the area. Over-utilization of groundwater in the Callide Valley in Queensland will be corrected by the enlargement of the capacity of Callide Dam with the installation of crest gates, and the release of water into replenishment works downstream.
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