Bores sites in the Northern Territory.

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Metadata
Citation
Description

Dataset Status
Data Quality
Contact Information
Data Dictionary
Supplementary Information

Metadata Details:

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Version:1.0

Date Metadata Extracted:2024-04-26

Date Metadata Last Updated:2020-10-28

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Citation

ANZLIC Identifier:2DBCB7711FC106B6E040CD9B0F274EFE

Title:Bores sites in the Northern Territory.

Citation Date:2000-01-14

Date Type:publication

Custodian:Department of Environment, Parks and Water Security

Description

Abstract:

Bores - This data represent the location and key attributes of all drill holes within Northern Territory. Drill holes contained within the dataset may be currently active or historic and may have been drilled for a wide variety of purposes such as water extraction, investigation and monitoring.

Bore groundwater level - This data represent water level in the bores, a time series data where the data is measured at frequent continuous intervals.

Bore AHD - Bores height from Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) 1 sec DEM-S (V1.0) in AHD. Extracted May 2020. Extraction twice a year.

ANZLIC Search Words:

climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere

inlandWaters

Spatial Domain:

Bounding Coordinates:

North Bounding Coordinate:-10.998579

South Bounding Coordinate:-25.998618

East Bounding Coordinate:138.001246

West Bounding Coordinate:129.001222

Dataset Status

Dataset ID:ANZNT0001000057

Language:English

Character Set: Latin 1

Progress:onGoing

Maintenance and Update Frequency:continual

Data Currency Start Date:1985-01-01

Data Currency End Date:2019-08-09

Access Constraint:Download the spatial data package (contains spatial data, maps and reports) via data.nt.gov.au/

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If you do not agree to the terms and conditions you must not use the geospatial products.

You are free to copy, communicate and adapt the licensed material, provided that you abide by the licence terms (including Attribution) and attribute the licensed material using the statement:

Supplied by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources. Copyright Northern Territory Government.

Data Quality

Lineage:Before 1995 - site locations were collected using the property boundary, NT cadastre and/or 1:250,000 topographic maps. Site data is manually recorded using log book or site sheets. Data was manually entered into the water data management database.

From 1995 - site locations were collected using GPS,1:25,000 and 1:50,000 topographic maps. Site data is manually recorded using log book or site sheets and digital logger devices. Depending on the method of capture the information is either manually or electronically down-loaded directly into the water data management database.

Positional Accuracy:Before 1995 - the positional accuracy of sites is deemed low with with a standard deviation of +/- 300 - 10 000 metres. A poor positional accuracy resulted from inconsistencies with the collection/storage of positional data and original mapping formats. Some of locational accuracy of these sites is being upgraded from poor to high wiht the the use of GPS.

From 1995 - the positional accuracy of sites is deemed high with a standard deviation of +/-3 - 10 metres with the use of GPS.

Attribute Accuracy:The accuracy of the sites attribute information is considered high and conforms to the Department standard at time of capture.

Logical Consistency:Not Applicable

Completeness:Continually updated and maintained.

Contacts

Name Organisation Position Role Phone Fax Email

Data Requests Officer Department of Environment, Parks and Water Security Geospatial Services Branch (on behalf of department) distributor datarequests.depws@nt.gov.au

Name	Organisation	Position	Role	Phone	Fax	Email
Data Requests Officer	Department of Environment, Parks and Water Security	Geospatial Services Branch (on behalf of department)	distributor			datarequests.depws@nt.gov.au

Data Dictionary

Attribute Attribute Description Possible Code Code Description

01. BORE_N0 Registered Bore Number. For example RN020614

02. BORE_NAME A specific name given to the bore at the time of drilling.

03. BORE_REPORT The online link to the scanned Bore Statement report

04. DRY_RISK Alias: Rating for risk of dry bore
Darwin Rural Dry Risk Project.

The risk of the predicted groundwater level at 31 October 2019 being lower than the bore's assessment depth (cut off depth) in the Darwin Rural area.
Information about this project - http://nrmaps.nt.gov.au/knowyourbore.html At risk Where the predicted groundwater level is below the 'cut-off' depth. This rating applies only to bores in Berry Springs or Howard groundwater systems.

Not assessed in this project Applies to class 4 bores inside the Darwin rural area with insufficient data to make a risk determination. OR Bores within the Darwin rural area that were entered in the NT Bores dataset after 8 May 2019. OR Bores located outside of the Darwin rural area which are not included in this assessment.

Not at risk The predicted groundwater level is above the 'cut-off' depth.

Potentially at risk Where the predicted groundwater level is below the 'cut-off' depth. This rating applies only to bores outside of Berry Springs and Howard groundwater systems because of low confidence in predicted groundwater levels.

05. RISK_CLASS Alias: Bore risk class
Darwin Rural Dry Risk Project.

A set of criteria was used to assign each bore with a Class where data was available. The outcome of the assessment process helped to defined the Dry Risk Rating.

DD - The drill depth is the total depth to which the bore was drilled.
CD - The construction depth is the depth to which a casing is installed. A casing is the pipe that is installed into the drill hole to hold water. 1 Summary: Drill depth, construction depth and the location of the bore screens/slots known. Detail: A bore is assessed as Class 1 if it has at least 1 record in the Hydstra casing table containing a true value in the Open field. The cut off depth is set at 10m above this open screen depth. Where there are multiple screens in one bore, the cut of depth is set to 10m above the from depth of the upper-most screen in the lower aquifer.

2 Summary: Construction depth and the drill depth known. Detail: A bore is assessed as Class 2 when there are no open screens recorded but the Completion Depth (CD) field of the NT Bores contains a value >0. The cut off depth is recorded as 10m above the CD depth, where CD>10m. Where CD<10m, cut off depth = CD.

3 Summary: No casing data but a drill depth is known. Detail: A bore is assessed as Class 3 when CD=0 but Drill depth (DD) >0. The cut off depth is set to 10m above DD, where DD<60m. Where DD >60m, the cut off depth is set to 10m above 60 ie 50m. This assuming pumps are not set lower than 50m.

4 Summary: Construction depth or the total depth is unknown. Detail: A bore is assessed as Class 4 where NT Bores data shows CD = 0 and DD = 0.

06. ASSESS_YEAR Year and date of Dry Risk Bore assessment is 8 May 2019.
Darwin Rural Dry Risk Project.

07. GWRESOURCE Alias: Darwin Rural Groundwater Resource
Darwin Rural Dry Risk Project.

This is a combination of Groundwater System, Sub-Catchment and Sub group names.
This refers to the spatial dataset displayed in NR Maps, called Darwin Rural Groundwater Systems. See folder Water Resources, sub-folder Water Management Areas.

08. OWNER_INFO Alias: Bore Owner Action (project information link)
Darwin Rural Dry Risk Project.

Information for Darwin Rural residents is described here;
denr.nt.gov.au/land-resource-management/water/water-resources/help-stop-the-drop

09. WATER_DATA Alias: Water data portal
The Water Data portal provides access to data and information collected and generated by the Water Resources Division. Not all bores will be described in the portal.
nt.gov.au/environment/water/water-information-systems/water-data-portal

10. STATUS Bore status is either Current or Historical.
The data display in NR Maps has been separated into 2 separate layers using this attribute. Current The Construction Status table was used to select all bores that are actively being used.

Historical The Construction Status table was used to select bores that are no longer used. (the previous version of this dataset described these bores as Not In Use.)

11. STATUSCONS This is a reference to the Hystra table Construction Status and uses a list of 19 values.
New bores will only be described as Constructed (Capped).

12. PURPOSE The primary purpose of the bore is described as
- Production
- Monitoring
- Investigation
- Unknown

13. MONITORED Indicates whether the bore is used for monitoring water level and condition

14. YIELD This is the flow rate in litres per second (L/s)

15. YIELDCLASS The Yield Class is used to group the yield L/s values. This attribute is used for data display purposes in NR Maps for the layer Bores - Current.
Yield Unknown
> 0.0 - 1.0 L/s
> 1.0 - 2.0 L/s
> 2.0 - 5.0 L/s
> 5.0 - 10 L/s
> 10 L/s

16. COMPL_DATE The date the bore construction was completed

17. COMPLDEPTH Alias: Completed Depth (m)
The final depth from ground level of the hole in metres to the bottom of the casing and sump at the completion of construction, including any backfilling.

18. DRILLDEPTH Alias: Drilled Depth (m)
Maximum depth drilled in metres. This may be more than depth on completion if backfilling occurred afterwards.

19. WATERLEVEL Alias: Standing water level (m)
The SWL is measured from the ground level after having drilled through the bottom of the water bearing layer or aquifer.

20. TEST_DATE The date the pump test was performed

21. TEST_TYPE The type of pump test performed on the bore hole. Possible codes are: 01 Steps only

02 Steps + Constant Rate

03 Steps + CR + Recovery

04 Constant Rate Only

05 Steps + Recovery

06 Constant rate + Recovery

07 Slug Test (recov only)

AL Airlift

BG Bailing

Null (blank) unknown or not recorded

PG Pumping

22. GAMMA This field describes whether a Gamma log was performed on the bore hole. Values are Yes or No.

23. LOCALITY A general description of the bore location.

24. POSACC The bore location positional accuracy is described using the following values: Estimated The location of the bore is estimated.

GPS Accuracy < 30m

On Block The bore is located on the correct block or parcel. The location is estimated.

Surveyed Accuracy < 1m

25. LATITUDE Position of bore in Geographic coordinates in GDA94 south of the equator. (the y coordinate)
Coordinate format is decimal degrees. Example: -13.234567

26. LONGITUDE Position of bore in Geographic coordinates in GDA94 east of the prime meridian. (the x coordinate)
Coordinate format is decimal degrees. Example: 133.234567

27. GRDATUM This field describes the grid datum used to define the Easting and Northing or the latitude and longitude

28. UTM_ZONE Grid coordinates (easting and northing) on a cylindrical surface, resulting in in north-south bands of 6 deg longitude known as zones.
The 2 Northern Territory zones, 52 and 53, use the UTM projection (Universal Transverse Mercator) with the MGA (Map Grid of Australia). 52 Zone 52 is west of 132 deg longitude (ie. between 126 and 132 degrees longitude)

53 Zone 53 is east of 132 deg longitude (ie. between 132 and 138 degrees longitude)

29. EASTING Easting coordinates according to the the Map Grid of Australia in GDA94. (or the x-coordinate)

30. NORTHING Northing coordinates according to the the Map Grid of Australia in GDA94 (or the y-coordinate)

Attribute	Attribute Description	Possible Code	Code Description
01. BORE_N0	Registered Bore Number. For example RN020614
02. BORE_NAME	A specific name given to the bore at the time of drilling.
03. BORE_REPORT	The online link to the scanned Bore Statement report
04. DRY_RISK	Alias: Rating for risk of dry bore Darwin Rural Dry Risk Project. The risk of the predicted groundwater level at 31 October 2019 being lower than the bore's assessment depth (cut off depth) in the Darwin Rural area. Information about this project - http://nrmaps.nt.gov.au/knowyourbore.html	At risk	Where the predicted groundwater level is below the 'cut-off' depth. This rating applies only to bores in Berry Springs or Howard groundwater systems.
		Not assessed in this project	Applies to class 4 bores inside the Darwin rural area with insufficient data to make a risk determination. OR Bores within the Darwin rural area that were entered in the NT Bores dataset after 8 May 2019. OR Bores located outside of the Darwin rural area which are not included in this assessment.
		Not at risk	The predicted groundwater level is above the 'cut-off' depth.
		Potentially at risk	Where the predicted groundwater level is below the 'cut-off' depth. This rating applies only to bores outside of Berry Springs and Howard groundwater systems because of low confidence in predicted groundwater levels.
05. RISK_CLASS	Alias: Bore risk class Darwin Rural Dry Risk Project. A set of criteria was used to assign each bore with a Class where data was available. The outcome of the assessment process helped to defined the Dry Risk Rating. DD - The drill depth is the total depth to which the bore was drilled. CD - The construction depth is the depth to which a casing is installed. A casing is the pipe that is installed into the drill hole to hold water.	1	Summary: Drill depth, construction depth and the location of the bore screens/slots known. Detail: A bore is assessed as Class 1 if it has at least 1 record in the Hydstra casing table containing a true value in the Open field. The cut off depth is set at 10m above this open screen depth. Where there are multiple screens in one bore, the cut of depth is set to 10m above the from depth of the upper-most screen in the lower aquifer.
		2	Summary: Construction depth and the drill depth known. Detail: A bore is assessed as Class 2 when there are no open screens recorded but the Completion Depth (CD) field of the NT Bores contains a value >0. The cut off depth is recorded as 10m above the CD depth, where CD>10m. Where CD<10m, cut off depth = CD.
		3	Summary: No casing data but a drill depth is known. Detail: A bore is assessed as Class 3 when CD=0 but Drill depth (DD) >0. The cut off depth is set to 10m above DD, where DD<60m. Where DD >60m, the cut off depth is set to 10m above 60 ie 50m. This assuming pumps are not set lower than 50m.
		4	Summary: Construction depth or the total depth is unknown. Detail: A bore is assessed as Class 4 where NT Bores data shows CD = 0 and DD = 0.
06. ASSESS_YEAR	Year and date of Dry Risk Bore assessment is 8 May 2019. Darwin Rural Dry Risk Project.
07. GWRESOURCE	Alias: Darwin Rural Groundwater Resource Darwin Rural Dry Risk Project. This is a combination of Groundwater System, Sub-Catchment and Sub group names. This refers to the spatial dataset displayed in NR Maps, called Darwin Rural Groundwater Systems. See folder Water Resources, sub-folder Water Management Areas.
08. OWNER_INFO	Alias: Bore Owner Action (project information link) Darwin Rural Dry Risk Project. Information for Darwin Rural residents is described here; denr.nt.gov.au/land-resource-management/water/water-resources/help-stop-the-drop
09. WATER_DATA	Alias: Water data portal The Water Data portal provides access to data and information collected and generated by the Water Resources Division. Not all bores will be described in the portal. nt.gov.au/environment/water/water-information-systems/water-data-portal
10. STATUS	Bore status is either Current or Historical. The data display in NR Maps has been separated into 2 separate layers using this attribute.	Current	The Construction Status table was used to select all bores that are actively being used.
		Historical	The Construction Status table was used to select bores that are no longer used. (the previous version of this dataset described these bores as Not In Use.)
11. STATUSCONS	This is a reference to the Hystra table Construction Status and uses a list of 19 values. New bores will only be described as Constructed (Capped).
12. PURPOSE	The primary purpose of the bore is described as - Production - Monitoring - Investigation - Unknown
13. MONITORED	Indicates whether the bore is used for monitoring water level and condition
14. YIELD	This is the flow rate in litres per second (L/s)
15. YIELDCLASS	The Yield Class is used to group the yield L/s values. This attribute is used for data display purposes in NR Maps for the layer Bores - Current. Yield Unknown > 0.0 - 1.0 L/s > 1.0 - 2.0 L/s > 2.0 - 5.0 L/s > 5.0 - 10 L/s > 10 L/s
16. COMPL_DATE	The date the bore construction was completed
17. COMPLDEPTH	Alias: Completed Depth (m) The final depth from ground level of the hole in metres to the bottom of the casing and sump at the completion of construction, including any backfilling.
18. DRILLDEPTH	Alias: Drilled Depth (m) Maximum depth drilled in metres. This may be more than depth on completion if backfilling occurred afterwards.
19. WATERLEVEL	Alias: Standing water level (m) The SWL is measured from the ground level after having drilled through the bottom of the water bearing layer or aquifer.
20. TEST_DATE	The date the pump test was performed
21. TEST_TYPE	The type of pump test performed on the bore hole. Possible codes are:	01	Steps only
		02	Steps + Constant Rate
		03	Steps + CR + Recovery
		04	Constant Rate Only
		05	Steps + Recovery
		06	Constant rate + Recovery
		07	Slug Test (recov only)
		AL	Airlift
		BG	Bailing
		Null (blank)	unknown or not recorded
		PG	Pumping
22. GAMMA	This field describes whether a Gamma log was performed on the bore hole. Values are Yes or No.
23. LOCALITY	A general description of the bore location.
24. POSACC	The bore location positional accuracy is described using the following values:	Estimated	The location of the bore is estimated.
		GPS	Accuracy < 30m
		On Block	The bore is located on the correct block or parcel. The location is estimated.
		Surveyed	Accuracy < 1m
25. LATITUDE	Position of bore in Geographic coordinates in GDA94 south of the equator. (the y coordinate) Coordinate format is decimal degrees. Example: -13.234567
26. LONGITUDE	Position of bore in Geographic coordinates in GDA94 east of the prime meridian. (the x coordinate) Coordinate format is decimal degrees. Example: 133.234567
27. GRDATUM	This field describes the grid datum used to define the Easting and Northing or the latitude and longitude
28. UTM_ZONE	Grid coordinates (easting and northing) on a cylindrical surface, resulting in in north-south bands of 6 deg longitude known as zones. The 2 Northern Territory zones, 52 and 53, use the UTM projection (Universal Transverse Mercator) with the MGA (Map Grid of Australia).	52	Zone 52 is west of 132 deg longitude (ie. between 126 and 132 degrees longitude)
		53	Zone 53 is east of 132 deg longitude (ie. between 132 and 138 degrees longitude)
29. EASTING	Easting coordinates according to the the Map Grid of Australia in GDA94. (or the x-coordinate)
30. NORTHING	Northing coordinates according to the the Map Grid of Australia in GDA94 (or the y-coordinate)

Supplementary Information

The site information can be viewed and analysed using the Hydstra database system, GIS applications and NR Maps.

This information can be viewed in these layers in NR Maps, under folder Water Resources. nrmaps.nt.gov.au/nrmaps.html

Group Bores: (Current, Historical, Water Quality, Bores with Dry Risk and groundwater level)

This record maintained using the NTLIS Metadata Tool

Metadata : Bores sites in the Northern Territory.