Assessment of alternative groundwater management options in sugarcane growing area in the Burdekin Delta, North Queensland

• Published in: Australian journal of water resources Vol. 11; no. 2; pp. 207 - 220
• Main Authors: Qureshi, M E, Bajracharya, K, Qureshi, S E, Kirby, M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Routledge 01.01.2007; Taylor & Francis Group LLC
• Subjects: agronomic economic; Environmental aspects; Groundwater; hydrologic; Irrigation farming; Management; mathematical modeling; optimal allocation and revenue; Optimization; salinity; seawater intrusion; simulation; Soil salinization; Soils, Salts in; Water; Water, Underground; waterlogging; Waterlogging (Soils); Australia

Excessive irrigation has caused waterlogging in some parts of the Burdekin delta, while continued extraction of groundwater has reduced the hydraulic head of the aquifer and resulted in seawater intrusion. A groundwater management model was adapted to simulate the impact of various groundwater manag...