Full report for the Darwin catchments, completed as part of the Northern Australia Water Resource Assessment.
Factsheet
Summary report
Case study report
Final report
- Chapter 1: Preamble
- Chapter 2: Physical environment of the Darwin catchments
- Chapter 3: Living and built environment of the Darwin catchments
- Chapter 4: Opportunities for agriculture and aquaculture
- Chapter 5: Opportunities for water resource development in the Darwin catchments
- Chapter 6: Overview of economic opportunities and constraints
- Chapter 7: Ecological, biosecurity, off-site and irrigation-induced salinity risks
- Appendices DOCX (6 MB)
- Key findings and acknowledgements PDF (4 MB)
Technical reports for the Darwin catchment
Climate and earth observation
- Climate data and their characterisation for hydrological and agricultural scenario modelling across the Fitzroy, Darwin and Mitchell catchments
- Earth observation remote sensing
- Generating 25 m 8-day actual evaporation grids using spatio-temporal blending of Landsat and MODIS data for the Darwin catchments
Surface and groundwater
- Hydrogeological characterisation of the Mary-Wildman Rivers area, Northern Territory
- Groundwater flow modelling of the Mary-Wildman rivers area, Northern Territory
- Calibration of river system and landscape models for the Fitzroy, Darwin and Mitchell catchments
- River model simulation for the Fitzroy, Darwin and Mitchell catchments
- Floodplain inundation mapping and modelling for the Fitzroy, Darwin and Mitchell catchments
Soil, agriculture and aquaculture
- Digital soil mapping of the Fitzroy, Darwin and Mitchell catchments
- Land suitability of the Fitzroy, Darwin and Mitchell catchments
- Agricultural viability: Darwin catchments.
- Aquaculture viability for the Fitzroy, Darwin and Mitchell catchments
Water storage options
- Assessment of managed aquifer recharge (MAR) opportunities in the Fitzroy, Darwin and Mitchell catchments
- Farm-scale dam design and costs PDF (2 MB)
- Design flood hydrology for six dam sites in the Darwin and Mitchell catchments PDF (6 MB)
- Assessment of surface water storage options in the Fitzroy, Darwin and Mitchell catchments
- Hydropower study report PDF (5 MB)
Socio-economics
- Indigenous water values, rights, interests, and development objectives in the Darwin catchments
- Legal, regulatory and policy environment for development of water resources in northern Australia: Summary report PDF (2 MB)
- Costs, benefits, institutional and social considerations for irrigation development
Ecology
- Synthesis of knowledge to support the assessment of impacts of water resource development to ecological assets in northern Australia: asset descriptions
- Synthesis of knowledge to support the assessment of impacts of water resource development to ecological assets in northern Australia: asset analysis