Sustainable expansion of irrigated agriculture and horticulture in Northern Adelaide Corridor: Task 3 - source water options; water availability, quality and storage considerations
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2019
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Awad, J.
Vanderzalm, J.
Pezzaniti, D.
Esu, O.O.
van Leeuwen, J.
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Expansion of horticulture along the Northern Adelaide Corridor, South Australia has the potential to achieve significant economic development. Sustainability and expansion of horticultural and agricultural practices in the Northern Adelaide Corridor (including the Northern Adelaide Plains, NAP) will be strongly influenced by the sustainability of water supply and the water qualities of the available and potential new water resources
This report is a contribution to the Goyder Institute for Water Research project ‘Project ED.17.01: Sustainable Expansion of Irrigated Agriculture and Horticulture in Northern Adelaide Plains’. The overall aims of the project are to 1) fill the gaps in scientific knowledge related to the impact of the application of water from different sources (and their blending) on long-term soil suitability for different types of crops, long-term impacts on soil quality and the quality of receiving waters, and the availability of water of different quality at different times of the year and 2) to integrate this knowledge in a set of guidelines to answer a number of key end-user defined questions
The work conducted through Task 3, presented in this report, aimed to develop an improved understanding of the qualities and quantities of established and potential water resources in the NAP and north to the Light River for horticultural practices to further develop knowledge of expanded supply options for irrigation and for water supply optimisation to meet horticulture production needs of the industries. Consideration of supply options were based on fit-for-purpose water quality, tailored through blending of the available and potential (including through treatment processes) water resources.
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