Salinity Management: Safe Disposal Acid Groundwater
Investment: $810 000
Delivery organisations: Department of Water
On-ground achievements
- Conducted the first pilot scale evaluations of low-cost treatment systems for on-farm treatment of acidic saline drains waters in Australia in three locations.
Community engagement and capacity building
- Communicated learning's from investigations and trails through presentations to landholders and community groups involved in salt land drainage, the broader NRM community ( through the NRM conference), general public (ABC TV Landline coverage) and State agency management committees
Publications
- Degens, B (2009), Proposed guidelines for treating acidic drain water in the Avon catchment: adapting acid mine drainage treatment systems for saline acidic drains, Western Australia, Salinity and land use impacts series, SLUI 54, Department of Water, 141p
- Degens, B & Shand, P (2009), Introduction to acidic saline groundwater in the WA Wheatbelt - characteristics, distribution, risks and management, Department of Water.
- Degens, B (2009), Treating acidity in saline water and sediments in the Wallatin Creek catchment using a hydrated lime dosing unit, Department of Water.
- Degens, B (2009), Using composting beds to treat acidity in saline drain water, Department of Water.
Did you know?
- Composting beds can effectively neutralise acidity in acidic saline drainage waters and remove a wide range of trace elements
