Anglesea Borefield Water Supply Project, Victoria

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Groundwater contained within the Lower Eastern View Formation (LEVF) aquifer system in the Anglesea area has been identified in the Central Region Sustainable Water Strategy as a potential option to augment the Greater Geelong urban water supply.

GHD was engaged to assess the groundwater resources and the potential environmental impacts and sustainability of the extraction of up to 7000 Ml/year of groundwater.

The investigation program included the development of a numerical groundwater flow model, deep bore design and installation of test and observation wells.  Interaction with dewatering operations for a major coal mine and the ecologically sensitive surface water systems in the area were key components to the MODFLOW model constructed for the multi-layered sedimentary aquifer system. 

Other aspects of the work include a full environmental impact assessment and design of the borefield infrastructure to include a major pipeline.

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GHD has global hydrogeological experience in groundwater resource assessment, aquifer storage and recovery (ASR), mine dewatering, aquifer depressurisation, groundwater management and environmental assessment, salinity, acid sulfate soils (ASS) and acid and metalliferous drainage (AMD).

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