A geological structure in which water is confined under pressure.
cattlemen were drawing water from an artesian basin underneath the parched inland plains
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Early white records also spoke of a tribe of men over two metres tall living in south-west Queensland, where water from the Great Artesian Basin used to bubble forth in springs.
Does that mean they are just going to pump more from the artesian basin to compensate?
The report consists of a number of maps and plates relating to artesian basins in New South Wales.
It was argued that the Artesian basin below Australia could be tapped for water.
That artesian basin is where we get our drinking water from.
Blackall was the first town in Queensland to attempt tapping the great artesian basin for a town water supply.
There's also the threat to Kowanyama's water supplies caused by alarming falls in the pressure of the artesian basin.
Nuclear waste dumps get put in quickly and with little consideration for water-tables and the artesian basins far below.
The kinetic energy contained within the water of the Great Artesian Basin aquifer is estimated to be sufficient to power a quarter of the east coast's power needs.
The people of Alice Springs would be bordering on furious that nuclear waste could be dumped 30 kilometres from their town, which of course sits on the Artesian Basin.