NCRIS Groundwater Infrastructure

 

Where is Namoi?

The Namoi River is a major tributary to the Darling River, and flows through inland NSW. The Namoi catchment incorporates Tamworth, Narrabri and Walgett. The Namoi catchment is an important cotton-growing region, and part of the Murray–Darling Basin.

Why is this location important?

The Namoi is the most over-committed groundwater basin in Australia. Research in this area could significantly advance our understanding of alluvial groundwater resources.

Publications

Acworth R.I., Rau, G.C., McCallum, A.M., Andersen, M.S., & Cuthbert M.O., (2015) Understanding connected surface water – groundwater systems using Fourier analysis of (sub) daily head fluctuations. Hydrogeology Journal. Vol. 23, p. 143–159. DOI 10.1007/s10040-014-1182-5.

Acworth, R. I., W. A. Timms, B. F. J. Kelly, D. E. Mcgeeney, T. J. Ralph, Z. T. Larkin & G. C. Rau (2015) Late Cenozoic paleovalley fill sequence from the Southern Liverpool Plains, New South Wales—implications for groundwater resource evaluation. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences. Vol. 62(6), p. 657-680. DOI:10.1080/08120099.2015.1086815.

Cook SB, Timms WA, Kelly BFJ, Barbour SL (2017) Improved barometric and loading efficiency estimates using packers in monitoring wells. Hydrogeology Journal: 1-13 DOI 10.1007/s10040-017-1537-9.

Cuthbert, M.O., Acworth, R.I., Andersen, M.S., Larsen, J., McCallum, A., Rau, G.C. Tellam, J.H. (2016). Understanding and quantifying focused, indirect groundwater recharge from ephemeral streams using water table fluctuations. Water Resources Research 52, p. 827-840, doi:10.1002/2015WR017503.

David, K., Timms, W and Baker, A., 2015. Direct stable isotope porewater equilibration and identification of groundwater processes in heterogeneous sedimentary rock. Science of the Total Environment, 538, 1010-1023.

Halloran, L.J.S., Roshan, H., Rau, G.C., Andersen, M.S., & Acworth, R.I (2016) Improved spatial analysis of streambed vertical thermal regime and fluxes using coiled fibre-optic distributed temperature sensing. Hydrological Processes. DOI: 10.1002/hyp.10806. Online March 9th.

Hartland, A., Larsen, J.R., Andersen, M.S., Baaloushad, M. and O’Carroll, D. (2015) Arsenic and phosphorus association with iron nanoparticles between streams and aquifers: implications for arsenic mobility. Environmental Science & Technology. Vol. 49(24), p. 14101–14109. Doi 10.1021/acs.est.5b03506.

Roshan, H. Young, M., Andersen, M.S., & Acworth, R.I (2014) Evaluating the Thermal Response of Fiber Optic Distributed Temperature Sensing: A Controlled Laboratory Experiment. Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. Discuss., 11, 8167-8190, 2014, Published online. www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci-discuss.net/11/8167/2014/ doi:10.5194/hessd-11-8167-2014.

Roshan, H., Andersen, M.S., & Acworth, R.I, (2015) Effect of solid-fluid thermal expansion on thermo-osmotic test: an experimental and analytical study. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering. Vol. 126, p 222–230. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.petrol.2014.12.005.

Roshan, H., Ehsani, S., Marjo, C.E., Andersen, M.S., & Acworth, R.I, (2015) Uptake mechanisms of water into partially saturated shales: an experimental study. Fuel. Vol. 159, p. 628–637. doi:10.1016/j.fuel.2015.07.015.

Andersen M.S., Bond N, Burrows R, Eberhard S, Fensham R, Froend R, Kennard M, Marsh N, Pettit N, Rossini R, Rutlidge R, Valdez D & Ward D, (2016). Research to inform the assessment of ecohydrological responses to coal seam gas extraction and coal mining, pp. 338. Department of the Environment and Energy, Commonwealth of Australia.