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de Caritat, P. | Kirste, D. | Hortle, A.
Abstract
Groundwater has been sampled from 21 shallow (Port Campbell Limestone) and 3 deep (Dilwyn Formation) groundwater bores within a radius of 10 km around well CRC-1 between June 2006 and March 2008. The objectives of the study are (1) to establish baseline aquifer conditions prior to CO2 injection at CRC-1, which started in April 2008, and (2) to enable detection monitoring for CO2 leakage, should any occur in the future. In addition to sampling, standing water levels have been monitored continuously in 6 of the bores using barometric loggers. The water samples were analysed for pH, electrical conductivity (EC), temperature (T), dissolved oxygen (DO), redox potential (Eh), reduced iron (Fe2+) and alkalinity (dissolved inorganic carbon, DIC, as HCO3-) in the field, and for a suite of major, minor and trace inorganic species in the laboratory. Stable isotopes of O and H in water, of S in sulfate and of C and O in DIC were also determined. The shallow groundwaters have compositions typical of carbonate aquifer hosted waters, being fresh (EC 800-4000 uS/cm), dominated by Ca, Na, HCO3- and Cl-, cool (T 12-23°C), and near-neutral (pH 6.6-7.5). Most deep groundwater samples are similarly fresh or fresher (EC 400-1600 uS/cm), also dominated by Ca, Na, HCO3- and Cl-, cool (T 15-21°C), but are more alkaline (pH 7.5-9.5). Time-series reveal that parameters measured have been relatively stable over the sampling period, although some shallow bores display increasing EC and T, some show decreasing then increasing alkalinity while others show steadily increasing alkalinity (with or without increasing Cl- and Na, and decreasing Ca). Alkalinity of the deep groundwater tends to decrease slightly over the period. Groundwater levels in some of the shallow bores show a seasonal variation with longer term trends evident in both aquifers.
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- groundwater
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- geochemistry
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- carbon dioxide
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