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Arapiles Bore Dry but business as usual 30-Oct-2008 At 2:53:49 PM Capt_mulch

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>If this situation has been created by unsustainable useage (widespread
>across that aquifer), then sufficient recharge to 'wet' the bore again
>is not likely to happen any time soon.
>
Is there lots of people pumping out of the local aquifer? Maybe the golf course on the other side of Araps, but I don't see evidence of widespread abuse in the general area of the Pines. If there is an aquifer there it should be pretty stable, especially if the other bore was able to go for as long as it did. There is a big recharge area on that eastern side of Araps.

>Not if the bore only tapped into a local 'lense' type aquifer. These can
>be depleted relatively quickly and if not interconnected to a larger aquifer system may take 'forever' to recharge.
>
You'd think that if it was a lense type then the old bore would have suffered from the same problem years ago. Being so big, flat, and historically an old sea bed (deep, unchanging profile - to the east of The Pines at least) you'd think that it would be more of a sponge type, with run off hitting the quartzite and granite (underneath) that is under the eastern side of Araps and moving towards the recharge zone.