We are currently not drilling water bores.
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WATER BORES

The state Government has given notice of its intention to Prescribe the Central Adelaide Groundwater Area; this means there will be a limit on commercial users.

A 12 month monitorium is still current, restricting the drilling of new water bores in the Adelaide Central Ground Water Plain. While the majority of South Australians source their water from surface water resources, groundwater is a vital resource in many regions of the State. Groundwater supplies approximately 65% of all irrigation water demand in South Australia. Whilst mainly surface water resources service the Adelaide metropolitan area, there are important and significant local users of groundwater.

​Most of the spring and mineral water supplies are obtained from groundwater resources of the Piccadilly Valley in the Mount Lofty Ranges. Soft drink and beer manufacturers pump high quality water from the deep Tertiary aquifer beneath Adelaide. Groundwater is also pumped for industrial applications and for irrigation of recreational and sports fields throughout the metropolitan area.

Samthedriller. Groundwater monitoring well Adelaide.

Irrigation for horticultural production

Irrigation for horticultural production was undertaken early in Adelaide’s development and still operates in regions around Adelaide. Groundwater is used for drinking water (potable) supplies throughout the South East (Blue Lake in Mount Gambier) and on Eyre Peninsula. Many of South Australia’s remote communities also rely entirely on groundwater to supply potable water needs.

​Groundwater availability is generally controlled by the physical characteristics of the host aquifer (i.e. whether it is a sedimentary or fractured rock aquifer system and what level of connectivity is present within the void spaces between the grains or fractures). Typically the sedimentary aquifers yield at a higher rate and hold more water in storage than the fractured rock aquifers.
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Another controlling factor in groundwater availability is the rate of recharge or replenishment to any particular aquifer system in comparison to the rate of extraction. Regions of high rainfall typically have significant volumes of groundwater available in shallow aquifer systems (if present). The exceptions to this occur in the drier portions of the State where deep aquifers, which have received large volumes of water in past geologic times, hold large volumes of water in storage.

Sandspears

Sandspear type of water bores were drilled in the Coastal Dune System along the Le Fevre Peninsula in the north western suburbs of Adelaide. We always used the auger on the drilling rig to loosen the sand and break-up the shells prior to installing the Sandspear. The ideal pump for this type of waterbore is the Davey spearpoint range of pumps.

Cased water bores were installed in the Adelaide Central Ground Water Plain near to Adelaide. We normally used rotary mud drilling for this type of water bore to around 20 metres deep and installed a 100mm PVC bore casing, suitable for the installation of 4″ submersible pump. In the Adelaide Hill’s we drilled up to 100 metres deep using a 6″ Down Hole Hammer Drilling process in the fractured rock.

​We are currently not drilling water bores.
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Grant being interviewed about the importance of bore water during the drought in Adelaide 2009

Town & Country Drilling Services drilling
​during the drought