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Boundary Creek

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CO_BOU009 Barwon River Catchment

Boundary Creek Sub Catchment

Active Reach: 33_33 Boundary Creek

This is a River Detectives school monitored site.
School data does not go through the same approval process as for other groups.
Simply set "Minimum data standard" to Level 1 to view all Physical Chemical test data.
Monitoring organisations
CO_Borrell-a-kandelop monitoring group
CO_Individual Monitors
CO_Lake Colac catchment group
CO_Upper Barwon Landcare Network

Habitat Scores

Explain for me
21-04-2005 - 12-02-2021
Bank Erosion Stability Bank Vegetation In Stream Cover Riffles Pools Bends Verge Vegetation
February 2021 Good Fair Fair Poor Poor

Still water, Foamy slick, Brown stained colour, Ground cover & Trees mainly weeds, Some native trees - Blackwoods, Eucalypts. Crows have access to the stream.
February 2020 Fair Fair Fair Poor Good

Site sampled with Pesticide Detectives - No pesticides detected
July 2011 Fair Fair Poor Poor Fair
Survey conducted by Gene
June 2010 Fair Fair Good Good Fair
blackberries, blackwood, pasture grasses
July 2009 Fair Good Fair Fair Good
blackberry, wattle, blackwood
June 2008 Fair Fair Fair Fair Good
blackberry, blackwood, bracken, exotic grasses, gums, wattles
February 2007 Poor Fair Poor Fair Fair
reveg project approx 8 years, blue gum, blackwood, black wattle, phalaris understorey on verge, blackberry on bank
January 2006 Poor Poor Fair Good Poor
re-veg approx 8 - 10 years ago - indigenous species stock excluded
April 2005 VeryPoor Good Fair Good Fair
blackberries and exotic grasses present
River Detectives Method
17-03-2021 - 17-03-2021
Date Taxa Count Total score Rating

Physical Chemical Tests

Explain for me
Dissolved Oxygen mg/L
Explain for me 18-05-2005 to 07-05-2021
3.80 mg/L
Median 8.20mg/L
Latest
Temperature - WATER
Explain for me 13-04-2004 to 07-05-2021
13.3 ° C
Median 11.5° C
Latest
pH
Explain for me 13-04-2004 to 30-01-2024
3.80 pH Units
Median 6.00pH Units
Latest
Electrical Conductivity
Explain for me 13-04-2004 to 30-01-2024
820.00 µS/cm
Median 677.00µS/cm
Latest
Reactive Phosphate (mg/L)
Explain for me 13-04-2004 to 07-05-2021
0.020 mg/L P
Median 0.300mg/L P
Latest
Dissolved Oxygen % Saturation
Explain for me 13-04-2004 to 07-05-2021
57 %
Median 75%
Latest
Turbidity - FTU
Explain for me 14-05-2014 to 30-06-2016
7.00 FTU
Median 0.00FTU
Latest
Turbidity - NTU
Explain for me 13-04-2004 to 21-12-2022
6 NTU
Median 32NTU
Latest
eDNA
Explain for me 22-09-2018 to 16-10-2021
N/A presence=1
Median 0.00presence=1
Latest
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Water Quality Indicators for Coastal Plains
(2020 to 2025) 20 visits Explain for me
Dissolved Oxygen Saturation pH Lower pH Upper Electrical Conductivity Turbidity Reactive Phosphorus
% pH Units pH Units µS/cm NTU mg/L P
25th Percentile 25th Percentile 75th Percentile 75th Percentile 75th Percentile 75th Percentile
2020 to 2025
 Explain for me
18
Very Poor
6 visits 		Explain for me
3.40
Very Poor
11 visits 		Explain for me
5.45
Good
11 visits 		Explain for me
899.00
Good
12 visits 		Explain for me
72
Very Poor
10 visits 		Explain for me
0.077
Poor
14 visits
2025
N/A
 
0 visits
N/A
 
0 visits
N/A
 
0 visits
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0 visits
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0 visits
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0 visits
2024
N/A
 
0 visits
N/A
 
1 visits
N/A
 
1 visits
N/A
 
1 visits
N/A
 
0 visits
N/A
 
0 visits
2023
N/A
 
0 visits
N/A
 
0 visits
N/A
 
0 visits
N/A
 
0 visits
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0 visits
N/A
 
0 visits
2022
N/A
 
0 visits
N/A
 
1 visits
N/A
 
1 visits
N/A
 
1 visits
N/A
 
1 visits
N/A
 
0 visits
2021
N/A
 
5 visits 		Explain for me
3.50
Very Poor
8 visits 		Explain for me
5.20
Good
8 visits 		Explain for me
857.00
Good
8 visits 		Explain for me
86
Very Poor
8 visits
N/A
 
5 visits
2020
N/A
 
1 visits
N/A
 
1 visits
N/A
 
1 visits
N/A
 
2 visits
N/A
 
1 visits 		Explain for me
0.075
Moderate
9 visits
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December 2016

December 2016

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June 2017

Across stream
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June 2017

Upstream
Upstream

June 2017

March 2017

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