The Great Artesian Basin Sustainability Initiative – What is it all about?
• The future new initiatives and partnerships Engineering Aspects of the Great Artesian Basin Sustainability Initiative • Projects (existing and future) involving engineering disciplines and the GAB • Engineering ramifications of capping and piping projects for the GAB and boarder. This paper forms the basis for an address by Mr John Seccombe at the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering National Symposium to be held in Brisbane on the 21 and 22 November. Mr John Seccombe currently holds the positions of Chair of the Great Artesian Basin Consultative Council (GABCC) and the Queensland Great Artesian Basin Advisory Council (QGABAC). THE GAB The Great Artesian Basin, is recognised as one of the worlds largest underground water reservoirs, and is estimated to hold 8,700 million megalitres or 17,000 times the volume of Sydney Harbour. The GAB underlies approximately one fifth of the Australian continent or nearly half of inland Australia and in many areas is the only
