Volume 2G Appendix R: Part 1 Groundwater (pdf)
Contents | Pages |
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Glossary of terms and abbreviations | iii |
Executive summary | v |
1 Introduction | 1-1 |
1.1 Overview of the project | 1-1 |
1.2 Project location | 1-1 |
1.3 Secretary’s environmental assessment requirements | 1-4 |
2 Proposed project | 2-1 |
2.1 Project features | 2-1 |
2.2 Construction activities | 2-2 |
2.3 Groundwater specific aspects | 2-6 |
3 Assessment Methodology | 3-1 |
4 Groundwater policy/guidance review | 4-1 |
4.1 NSW Aquifer Interference Policy | 4-1 |
4.2 Water Management Act 2000 (NSW) | 4-2 |
4.3 Water sharing plan for the Greater Metropolitan Region Groundwater Sources | 4-3 |
4.4 Water sharing plan for the Greater Metropolitan Region Unregulated River Water Sources | 4-5 |
4.5 NSW Groundwater Quantity Management Policy | 4-5 |
4.6 NSW Groundwater Quality Protection Policy | 4-6 |
4.7 NSW Groundwater Dependent Ecosystems Policy | 4-6 |
4.8 Risk assessment guidelines for groundwater dependent ecosystems | 4-6 |
4.9 NSW Water Extraction Monitoring Policy | 4-6 |
4.10 Australian groundwater monitoring guidelines | 4-7 |
4.11 Australian Drinking Water Guidelines | 4-7 |
4.12 Australian and New Zealand Guidelines for Fresh and Marine Water Quality | 4-7 |
5 Existing environment | 5-1 |
5.1 Land use | 5-1 |
5.2 Physiography | 5-1 |
5.3 Groundwater occurrence | 5-8 |
5.4 Groundwater levels and movement | 5-9 |
5.5 Regional hydraulic parameters | 5-12 |
5.6 Site hydraulic parameters | 5-14 |
5.7 Water chemistry | 5-16 |
5.8 Acid sulfate soils and acid and metalliferous drainage | 5-26 |
5.9 Existing groundwater users | 5-27 |
5.10 Groundwater dependent ecosystems | 5-31 |
5.11 Environmental values | 5-31 |
5.12 Existing infrastructure | 5-32 |
6 Impact assessment | 6-1 |
6.1 Groundwater modelling | 6-1 |
6.2 Recharge estimates (continues in part 2) | 6-8 |
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