Assessment of multi-layered sandstone aquifers in the Sydney Basin, Blue Mountains

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dc.contributor.authorGreen, RTen_AU
dc.contributor.authorRussell, Gen_AU
dc.contributor.authorWilliams, Men_AU
dc.contributor.authorCendón, DIen_AU
dc.date.accessioned2022-07-18T01:37:04Zen_AU
dc.date.available2022-07-18T01:37:04Zen_AU
dc.date.issued2010-10-31en_AU
dc.date.statistics2022-01-13en_AU
dc.description.abstractHydrogeological investigations of the Blue Mountains sandstone on the western fringe of the Sydney Basin have shown it to be a complex multi-layered sandstone aquifer. The shallow and intermediate aquifers are critical to spring flow and to stream baseflow in the upper plateau rivers. These aquifers will be typically the ones that support groundwater dependent ecosystems, such as wetlands and hanging swamps. The deep regional aquifer system appears to be flowing towards the deep incised valley rivers and across the Lapstone Monocline with some discharge likely into the Hawkesbury - Nepean River at the base of the plateau. The deep aquifer appears to have a large positive pressure head, which may indicate a significant proportion of the groundwater from the lower Blue Mountains is flowing under the Hawkesbury - Nepean River out further east to the coast. A regional monitoring bore network was first established in 1997 in the upper Blue Mountains near Katoomba. Over the next 10 years increased demand for groundwater saw entitlements approach the estimated extraction limit for this porous rock aquifer. Concurrently the World Heritage National Park and other nature conservation areas that surround the area have required specific water allocation. Further enhancement of the monitoring network was required in the lower Blue Mountains to manage the competing uses. This paper focuses on a series of additional monitoring bores installed in the lower Blue Mountains for sustainable groundwater management.en_AU
dc.identifier.citationGreen, R. T., Russell, G., Williams, M., & Cendón D. I. (2010). Assessment of multi-layered sandstone aquifers in the Sydney Basin, Blue Mountains. Paper presented to Groundwater 2010, "The challenge of sustainability management", National Convention Centre, Canberra, 31 October - 4 November 2010. .en_AU
dc.identifier.conferenceenddate4 November 2010en_AU
dc.identifier.conferencenameGroundwater 2010, 'The challenge of sustainability management'en_AU
dc.identifier.conferenceplaceCanberra, Australiaen_AU
dc.identifier.conferencestartdate31 October 2010en_AU
dc.identifier.urihttps://apo.ansto.gov.au/dspace/handle/10238/13375en_AU
dc.language.isoenen_AU
dc.publisherInternational Association of Hydrogeologistsen_AU
dc.subjectSandstonesen_AU
dc.subjectAquifersen_AU
dc.subjectNew South Walesen_AU
dc.subjectAustraliaen_AU
dc.subjectSedimentary basinsen_AU
dc.subjectGround wateren_AU
dc.subjectRiversen_AU
dc.titleAssessment of multi-layered sandstone aquifers in the Sydney Basin, Blue Mountainsen_AU
dc.typeConference Paperen_AU
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