GROUNDWATER IN THE SYDNEY BASIN

SYMPOSIUMSYDNEY 4-5 AUGUST 2009

PROUDLY PRESENTED BY IN ASSOCIATION WITH

CONVENED BY THE NSW BRANCH OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION

OF HYDROGEOLOGISTS, THIS SYMPOSIUM HAS BEEN PROMPTED BY

DROUGHT AND CONFLICTING GROUNDWATER USES. THE FORUM WILL

BRING TOGETHER RECENT INVESTIGATION AND RESEARCH FINDINGS

ON GROUNDWATER IN THE SYDNEY BASIN.

Mine water & dewatering

Groundwater resources characterisation

Surface-groundwater interaction

Ecohydrology & Groundwater

Dependent Ecosystems Salinity

PRINCIPAL SPONSORS: MAJOR SPONSORS:

SUPPORTING SPONSORS: MEDIA SPONSOR:

LARRY MCKAYJones Professor of Hydrogeology,

Department of Earth and Planetary

Sciences, University of Tennessee, US.

Birdsall-Dreiss Lecturer 2008.

His research interests are diverse

and include investigations of the

hydrogeologic properties of fractured

clay-rich residuum and glacial till,

fate and transport of industrial and

defense-related contaminants, as well

as occurrence/ transport of pathogens

and fecal indicators.

COLIN J. BOOTHProfessor of Hydrogeology, Northern Illinois

University, US.

Colin specializes in mining hydrogeology:

especially groundwater hydrology of

underground coal mining and mine

subsidence. His current research project

involves modeling the effects of longwall

mining on shallow aquifers. Colin is

involved in the analysis of groundwater

flow systems and their application to

groundwater resource evaluation and

protection and environmental siting

problems: delineation of recharge and

shallow aquifer systems in rural areas

experiencing rapid urban development.JOHN B. ROSS Snr Project Manager, Sydney Catchment

Authority.

John is Principal Hydrogeologist with

Parsons Brinckerhoff – Sydney and

for or the last four years has been

with Sydney Catchment Authority

planning their substantial Sydney

Basin groundwater investigation

and borefield development works

program. John has more than 35 years

experience in regional groundwater

investigations, water supply studies,

groundwater allocation and policy

studies in NSW, Malaysia and Indonesia.

He has also worked on large industrial,

mining, water infrastructure projects,

contaminated site investigations,

remediation projects, and specialist

research studies.

JERZY JANKOWSKIScientific Program Manager,

Sydney Catchment Authority.

More than 30 years experience, working

at various universities and government

organisations in Australia and overseas –

including the University of NSW as an

A/Professor of hydrogeology. His

wide research interests include

hydrogeochemistry, contaminant

hydrogeology, surface water-groundwater

interaction, dryland salinisation, fractured

aquifer systems and lake hydrodynamics.

Current research includes assessment

of longwall mining impacts on water

resources in the Southern Coalfield

of NSW.

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

DAY 1

TIME AUTHOR & PAPER

8:30 REGISTRAION

9:00 OPENING

9:30 PROFESSOR COLIN BOOTH – Illinois University, USA

10:20 COFFEE BREAK

MINE WATER & DEWATERING

10:50 DUNDON, P.An integrated hydro-geotechnical modelling approach to predicting the impacts of subsidence above longwall coal mines on groundwater and surface water flows in the Hunter Valley.

11:10 MERRICK, N.Comparative modelling of longwall mining effects using Standard-MODFLOW and MODFLOW-Surfact.

11:30 DAVID,K. + BRYANT,N. + JOHNSON, A.A need for groundwater assessment for coal seam methane exploration testing.

11:50 MADDEN, A. + MERRICK, N.Extent of longwall mining influence on deep groundwater, Southern Coalfield, NSW, Australia.

12:10 KWANTES, E. + ROSS, J. + MCLEAN, W.Groundwater and water balance estimates for the Sydney LPG cavern.

12:30 LUNCH

1:30 JOHN ROSS – Sydney Catchment Authority, NSWDeveloping sandstone groundwater resources for urban water supply across the Sydney Basin.

GROUND RESOURCE CHARACTERISATION

2:30 WEBB, E. + ROSS, J. + MCLEAN, W. + SAFLIAN, K.The Lapstone Structural Comples and hydrogeological implications – Leonay and Wallacia drilling programs.

2:50 MCLEAN, W. + ROSS, J.Hydrochemistry of the Hawkesbury Sandstone aquifers.

3:10 COFFEE BREAK

3:40 MICHAEL WILLIAMS –Department Of Water & Energy, NSWAssessment of sustainable limits for the Greater Metropolitan Region Groundwater Sources.

4:00 GREEN, R. + RUSSELL, G. + WILLIAMS, R. + GATES, G. – A revised appraisal of groundwater in the Blue Mountains and Richmond area.

4:20 RUSSELL, G. + GATES, G.A groundwater resource assessment of the Triassic rocks of the Sydney basin.

4:40 SEROV, P. – Identification and Management of Groundwater Dependent Ecosystems for the Sydney Metropolitan Water Sharing Plan and across NSW.

5:00 CLOSE OF DAY. DRINKS & NETWORKING

ECOHYDROLOGY & GROUNDWATER DEPENDENT ECOSYSTEMS

2:30 HOSE, G. + LATEGAN, M.Stygofauna of fractured rock aquifers in the Sydney regions.

2:50 PARRA, G. – Assessment of dewatering impact on groundwater dependent ecosystems at Raymond Terrace, Newcastle.

3:10 COFFEE BREAK

3:40 EAMUS, D. + YUNUSA, I. + ZEPPEL, M. + MACINNIS-NG, C. + WHITLEY, R. + TAYLOR, D. Assessment of sustainable limits for the Greater Metropolitan Region Groundwater Sources.

4:00 HANCOCK, P.The dynamics of groundwater invertebrate communities in alluvial aquifers during and following drought.

SALINITY

4:20 MACDONALD, B. + YATES, G. + WHITE, I.Understanding surface and groundwater interactions and its relationship with salinity dynamics in the Wollombi Brook, Upper Hunter catchment, NSW, Australia.

4:40 CLOSE OF DAY. DRINKS & NETWORKING

STREAM 1 STREAM 2

TUESDAY 4 AUG 2009

NOTE: This agenda is subject to last minute changes.

DAY 2

TIME AUTHOR & PAPER

9:00 PROFESSOR LARRY MCKAY – Birdsall-Dreiss Lecturer 2008, University of Tennessee, USA

9:50 POSTER SESSION

10:00 COFFEE BREAK

GROUND RESOURCE CHARACTERISATION

2:10 BARDEN, COLIN – Air core drilling techniques.

2:30 LEE, J. – Regional hydrostratigraphic analysis of the Hawkesbury Sandstone.

2:50 HAWKES, G. + ROSS, J. + GLEESON, L.Hydrogeological resource investigations to supplement Sydney’s water supply at Leonay, western Sydney, NSW.

3:10 COFFEE BREAK

3:40 WARING, C. + STEPANYANTS, Y. + HANKIN, S. + AIREY, P. + PETERSON, M. – Measurement of hydraulic conductivity, porosity and lithology by neutron activation borehole logging at high spatial resolution increments.

4:00 COOK, L. + ROSS, J.Resistivity imaging and sounding survey for Kangaloon borefield investigations, Southern Highlands, NSW.

4:20 PETERSON, M. + WARING, C. + MITRY, W.Discrete interval sampling and pressure measurements within uncased boreholes using a zone-of-interest groundwater sampler (ZOIGS).

4:40 CLOSE OF DAY.

SURFACE-GROUNDWATER INTERACTION

2:10 MACDONALD, B. + WHITE, I. + SOMERVILLE, P. + JASONSMITH, J. + BISWAS, F. + BUSH, R.Surface and ground water connectivity and quality in the Goulburn River, NSW.

2:30 ROSS, J. – Hydrogeology of upland swamps in the Nepean River catchment, Southern Highlands, NSW.

2:50 MCFARLANE, A. + PEARSE-HAWKINS, N. + CALLIPARI, C. Tools and logistics of implementing applied tracer tests.

3:10 COFFEE BREAK

3:40 BADENHOP, A. + TIMMS, W.Managed aquifer recharge in Sydney coastal sand aquifers.

4:00 BISWAS, F. + WHITE, I. + MACDONALD, B. + BEAVIS, S.Groundwater levels and streamflow prediction in the Hunter River catchment.

4:20 SOMERVILLE, P. + MACDONALD, B. + WHITE, I. + BUSH, R. + JASONSMITH, J. – Surface and ground water connectivity in the Upper Hunter Valley, NSW.

4:40 CLOSE OF DAY.

STREAM 1 STREAM 2

WEDNESDAY 5 AUG 2009

GROUND RESOURCE CHARACTERISATION

10:30 ROSS, J. + CAROSONE, F.Water level trends in fractured Hawesbury Sandstone aquifers in the Kangaloon area, Southern Highlands, NSW.

10:50 DE CASTRO, C. + ROTTER, B + TAMMETT, P.Fracture properties of the Hawkesbury Sandstone in Sydney region.

11:10 COOK, L. + LEE, R. – Groundwater investigations - emergency town water supply Gosford-Wyong Councils Water Authority Joint Water Supply Scheme.

11:30 NOLAN, R.A geologist’s view of the hydrogeology of the Hawkesbury Sandstone in the southern Sydney Basin.

11:50 TAMMETTA, P. + HAWKES, G.Analysis of aquifer tests in Mesozoic sandstones in western Sydney, Australia.

SALINITY

10:30 MCNALLY, G. – Soil and groundwater salinity in the Wianamatta shales of western Sydney.

10:50 JASONSMITH, J. + MACDONALD, B. + MCPHAIL, B. + BISWAS, F. + BEAVIS, S. + WHITE, I. + SOMERVILLE, P. Why is Wybong Creek salty?

SURFACE-GROUNDWATER INTERACTION

11:10 SHORT, S. + WARING, C. + PETERSON, M. + HAMMOND, M. + WOOD, J.Studies of near-surface hydrology and hydrogeology of the Woronora Plateau.

11:30 MCLEAN, W. + REECE, E. – Investigating groundwater-surface water linkages using environmental and applied tracers.

11:50 SCARFF, S. + HUGHES, C.Use of natural tracers to determine water flow pathways in a small agricultural catchment during a rain event.

12:10 LUNCH

1:10 JERZY JANKOWSKI – Sydney Catchment Authority – The design of a hydrological and hydrogeological monitoring program to assess the impact of longwall mining on water resources and deep groundwater response to longwall mining in the Southern Coal field.

POSTERS

WORK IN PROGRESS

BERHANE, D. + VERVOORT, W.

Use of multiple methods for assessing surface and groundwater connectivity: Cockburn Valley, NSW.

ANDERSON, D. + TIMMS, W. + GLAMORE, W. + PELLS, S. + BADENHOP, A.

Optimising subsurface intake design for coastal desalination on the Central Coast of NSW.

MADDEN, A. + JANKOWSKI, J. + ROSS, J.

Deep groundwater response to longwall mining, Southern Coalfield, New South Wales, Australia.

BRAL, K. + ATKINSON, L. + ROBERTSON, N.

Aquifer characterization techniques for recharge, storage and recovery potential.

SOMERVILLE, P. + MACDONALD, B.+ WHITE, I. + KEENE, A. + BUSH, R.

The hydrology of an unconfined alluvial aquifer system in the Upper Hunter Valley, NSW.

TIMMS, W. + ACWORTH, I.

Quantifying the potential impacts of leaky boreholes.

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