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Chapter 3 - Water and Irrigation

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    149... Background

      150... Early European Settlements

        151... Assessment Of Available Water Resources

          153... Water Supplies For Goldmining Development

          • 153... Goldfields supply in Western Australia
          • 154... The Coliban system of waterworks

          155... Irrigation Development

          • 155... Channels, weirs and barrages
          • 157... Measuring farm supplies - the Dethridge wheel
          • 158... Early pumping schemes
          • 160... Irrigation techniques
          • 161... Drainage of irrigated land
          • 163... Recharge of aquifer
          • 164... Soil-plant-water relationships
          • 165... Carry-over storages and security of supply

          166... Farm And Stock Water Supplies

          • 166... Early development - extensive distribution systems
          • 168... The Great Artesian Basin
          • 169... Groundwater research
          • 170... Windmills
          • 171... Farm storages

          172... Urban Water Supplies

          • 173... Reticulation systems
          • 174... Water treatment
          • 176... Water saving techniques
          • 177... Desalination
          • 178... Conjunctive use - West Pilbara water supply
          • 179... Conjunctive use - Newcastle and district water supply scheme
          • 180... Olympic Dam mining project - water supply
          • 181... Urban water supply dams in South Australia
          • 182... Multi-purpose schemes - the Wivenhoe project

          183... Wastewater Management And Treatment

          187... Water Quality Management

          • 188... Eppalock reservoir catchment project
          • 189... Ord River catchment regeneration project
          • 190... Salinity reduction

          191... Limnological And Water Quality Research

          • 192... Drinking water quality
          • 193... Irrigation and Stock Waters
          • 194... Descriptive phase research
          • 195... System understanding phase

          196... New Techniques In Water Resource Planning And Management

            197... Legislation

              199... Conclusion

                200... List Of Abbreviations

                  201... Acknowledgements

                    216... Plantations-high Productivity Resources

                    ....... References


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