The Australian National Groundwater Data Transfer Standard

PROBLEM

Domain for PROBLEM attribute of CONSTRUCTION_ACTIVITY entity                  
References                  
ADITC 1985, Australian Drillers Guide, Australian Drilling Industy Training Committee Limited, 572p.                  
ARMCANZ 1997, Minimum Construction Requirements for Water Bores in Australia, Agriculture and Resource Management Council of Australia and New Zealand,86p. http://www.dpie.gov.au/dpie/armcanz                  
Mathey, S.B. (ed.) 1997, Users Manual for the National Water Information System of the US Geological Survey, Chapter 1 Groundwater Site Inventory System. USGS Open File Report 97/633, United States Geological Survey, 172 p. http://www-tampa.er.usgs.gov/nwisdoc                  
NGC 1998, Review of Data Structures for Core Groundwater Data in Australia, NLP 97/7020 Project Report, National Groundwater Committee Working Group on National Groundwater Data Standards, 345 p.                  
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Qualifier 2:                  
Note:                  
Attribute Code Parent Category     Synonyms Description Qualifier 1 Qualifier 2
problem COR   corrosion       parts of feature have corroded    
problem FOL   fouling       parts of feature have been fouled or clogged    
problem DRL FOL   drilling residuals     parts of feature have been fouled by drilling residuals such as mud    
problem FIN FOL   fines     parts of feature have been fouled by fines such as clay or silt particles from aquifer    
problem BID FOL   biological deposits     parts of feature have been fouled by secretions from biological activity    
problem FEB BID     iron bacteria   parts of feature have been fouled by secretions from iron bacteria    
problem CHD FOL   chemical deposits     parts of feature have been fouled by the precipitation of chemical deposits    
problem CAB CHD     carbonate deposits   parts of feature have been fouled by precipitation of carbonate deposits    
problem MNG CHD     manganese deposits   parts of feature have been fouled by precipitation of manganese deposits    
problem QLY   water quality       quality of groundwater from feature has deteriorated    
problem SND QLY   high sand content     groundwater from feature has a high sand content    
problem SUP QLY   high suspended solids     groundwater from feature is turbid with high level of suspended solids    
problem CHM QLY   groundwater chemistry     a deleterious change in groundwater chemistry has occurred    
problem SLT CHM     groundwater salinity   a deleterious change in groundwater salinity has occurred    
problem PGN QLY   possible pathogens     possible contamination of groundwater by pathogens    
problem RDQ   reduced supply       groundwater yield from feature has declined    
problem LWL   low water level       standing water level in groundwater feature has declined    
problem UNK   unknown       problem relating to groundwater feature is unknown    

 

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