Transcript alice springs

Teacher Earth Science Education Programme
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PARTNERS
PRINCIPAL
PLATINUM
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PARTNERS
SILVER
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• The Australian National University
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• Department of Primary Industries, Vic
• Earth Science Western Australia
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• Pitney Bowes Business Insight
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• PowerWorks
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• Queensland Resources Council
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• Rob Kirk Consultants
• The University of Sydney
• The University of Tasmania
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Anglo Coal
Australian Nuclear Science and Technology
Organisation
CS Energy
Department of Sustainability and Environment, Vic
Essential Petroleum
Flinders University
Gordon Wakelin King
Great Artesian Basin Coordinating Committee
Hot Dry Rocks
Macquarie University
Sandy Menpes
Monash Energy
Museum Victoria
Our Water Our Future, Vic
Petroleum Geo-Services
Primary Industries and Resources SA
Stanwell Corporation
Velseis
ZeroGen
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Wet Rocks –
Learning about Groundwater
Groundwater Resources and Management,
Alice Springs
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Alice Springs groundwater
resources and management
• This presentation provides:
– A summary of the different groundwater resources in the
Alice Springs area, primarily alluvial sediments associated
with the Todd River (and tributary creeks) and other water
ways and the fractured rocks of the Amadeus Basin.
– Provides a summary of the approach to management of the
groundwater resources.
– The information in this presentation is drawn from the
following resources:
– Alice Springs Groundwater Map (1:250K) – Department of Natural
Resources, Environment, The Arts and Sport, Northern Territory.
– Alice Springs Water Resource Strategy, 2006 - 2015 Department of Natural
Resources, Environment, The Arts and Sport, Northern Territory.
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Regional Hydrogeology
Ref: Alice Springs Groundwater Map (1:250K) – Department of Natural Resources, Environment, The Arts and Sport, Northern Territory
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River sand and
gravel aquifer
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Fractured sandstone
aquifer – Roe Creek
Borefield
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Use in the class room
• Structured “games”
What is the sustainable limit of development for the island?
Set up a sustainability concept – say use a 10 minute time period
as your “sustainable” horizon (another activity is to use longer
time periods – but this may be more a project than a class room
activity).
Break the class up into groups to “evaluate” different
development scenarios – 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 houses, with or without
water efficient upgrades.
Run the game – at 10 minutes (or whatever you decide), get the
students to report on which scenarios where still “running”, which
had failed (and when) and how much money was made.
Collectively analyse the class information and determine what
would be sustainable developments.
Note: It is a game – it is built with random functions, so there will
be variation even between similar scenarios!
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Competitive “games”
Who can make the most money in 5 minutes!
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Links to other topics
• Permeability and porosity
Recharge
Contamination (a really BIG issue on a
tropical island) – things like septic tanks,
sewerage run-off, chemicals for food growing
(fertilizers, pesticides), petrol / fuel storage,