Freshwater: recent IDBM plan (Great Artesian Basin) Flashcards
1
Q
Where is is located?
A
Australia
2
Q
Scale of basin?
A
over 1,700,000 km^2
3
Q
Who are the stakeholders?
A
indigenous, farmers, businesses, towns
4
Q
More than how many people depend on water for domestic industrial and commercial needs?
A
60,000
5
Q
The GAB is the only available reliable water sources where?
A
In arid areas covering most of the basin
6
Q
Basin groundwater resources support more than how many AUS dollars of production regionally in Australia?
A
more than $3.5 billion
7
Q
What are the impacts if the basin dried up?
A
- Australia’s beef, wool and sheep industries would lose $1 billion yearly
- Bars would have to close
- Mines would have to close down if it dried up
8
Q
Reason why management is needed:
A
- To provide for ecosystems which rely on it.
- To towns rely on it
- Animals from reliant farms would die
- All the boreholes have reduced flow of water by 80% by reducing the pressure.
- A Strategic Management Plan (2000) failed to make large changes.
- In Queensland, a 10 year plan aims to cap and pipe all oper bore holes= saves water
9
Q
What does IDBM stand for?
A
Integrated Drainage Basin Management
