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CO_SWA140 Barwon River Catchment

Swan Bay Sub Catchment

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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_Bellarine Catchment Network

CO_Pt Lonsdale Primary School

Habitat Scores

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22-03-2005 - 03-07-2020

	Bank Erosion Stability	Bank Vegetation	In Stream Cover	Riffles Pools Bends	Verge Vegetation
July 2020	Good	Fair	Fair	N/A	Excellent
Bank ..... Verge... Instream...
July 2020	Excellent	Fair	Poor	N/A	Poor
Verge Vegetation: Australian Salt grass Distichlis distichophylla Beaded glasswort Sarcocornia quinqueflora Common boobialla Myoporum insulate Moonah Melaleuca lanceolata River red gum Eucalptus camaldulensis Bower spinach Tetragonia implexicoma Bucks horn plantain Plantago coronopus Bank Vegetation Sea club rush Bolboschoenus maritimus Australian salt grass Distichlis distichophylla Beaded glasswort Sarcocornia quinqueflora Common boobialla Myoporum insulate Bucks horn plantain Plantago coronopus Fauna: Superb fairy wren silver gull little pied cormorant eurasian coot pacific black duck Cheastnut teal Asutralian wood duck
July 2020	Excellent	Fair	Poor	N/A	Poor
Bank: Common Boobiella, Sea rush, beaded glasswort, Moonah, Couch, Rhagodia, Ruby Salt bush Verge: River Red Gum, Yam Daisy, Knobby club rush, Coastal Beard heath, Coastal salt Grass, Bower Spinach, Mallow, Banksia, Mirror bush, Oxalis, Buckshorn plantain, Fauna, Eurasian Coot, Silver Gull, Grey Butcherbird, Pacific black duck, Pied cormorant, New Holland Honeyeater, Red Wattle, Common Myna, Superb Fairy Wren, Chesnut teal, Australian wood duck
March 2006	VeryPoor	Fair	Good	Good	Good
Buffalo type grass surround. Glasswort close to water (prostrate form). A few planted native shrubs
March 2005

Water Bugs

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WaterWatch Method

18-02-2016 - 18-02-2016

Date	Taxa Count	Total score	Rating
February 2016	520	21	Fair

Physical Chemical Tests

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E coli

Explain for me 27-03-2002 to 22-05-2003

N/A orgs/100mL
Median 190.00orgs/100mL
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Dissolved Oxygen mg/L

Explain for me 06-01-2003 to 21-10-2024

10.00 mg/L
Median 7.90mg/L
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Nitrate - Nitrogen

Explain for me 15-06-1998 to 16-02-2018

0.31 mg/L N
Median 0.00mg/L N
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