WaterWatch Portal

ME_EBA800 Bunyip River Catchment

Balcombe Creek Sub Catchment

Active Reach: 28_2 Main Creek

Monitoring organisations

ME_Balcombe Estuary Rehabilitation Group (BERG)

ME_Briar's Park

ME_Ivanhoe Grammar School (IGS)

Downstream

Acrossstream

Upstream

Habitat Scores

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21-12-2004 - 23-06-2014

	Bank Erosion Stability	Bank Vegetation	In Stream Cover	Riffles Pools Bends	Verge Vegetation
June 2014	Fair	Good	Good	Good	Good

May 2010	Poor	VeryPoor	Poor	Fair	Poor
Migrated from old Melbourne data
December 2004	Fair	Fair	Fair	Fair	Good
Migrated from old Melbourne data

Water Bugs

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WaterWatch Method

21-12-2004 - 08-10-2023

Date	Taxa Count	Total score	Rating
May 2023	196	22	Poor
May 2023	23	13	Poor
January 2023	277	24	Fair
September 2022	29	23	Poor
May 2022	35	21	Poor
November 2014	129	27	Poor
June 2014	236	26	Fair
February 2014	223	45	Very Good
December 2013	840	29	Fair
August 2013	27	37	Good
January 2013	529	32	Fair
October 2012	130	29	Poor
July 2012	111	36	Good
April 2012	25	18	Poor
September 2011	360	25	Fair
June 2011	206	10	Fair
June 2011	206	10	Fair
August 2010		96	Good
May 2010		96	Good
September 2005		96	Good
July 2005		96	Good
July 2005		96	Good
April 2005		96	Good
March 2005		96	Good
February 2005		96	Good
February 2005		96	Good
January 2005		96	Good
January 2005		96	Good
December 2004		96	Good

Physical Chemical Tests

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Ammonia-Nitrogen

Explain for me 03-03-2004 to 11-04-2011

N/A mg/L NH3-N
Median N/Amg/L NH3-N
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Ammonium

Explain for me 23-06-2015

N/A mg/L NH4+
Median N/Amg/L NH4+
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Dissolved Oxygen mg/L

Explain for me 03-03-2004 to 08-10-2023

6.00 mg/L
Median 9.80mg/L
Latest

Filterable Reactive Phosphorus

Explain for me 03-03-2004 to 11-04-2011

0.07 mg/L P
Median 0.04mg/L P
Latest

Nitrate - Nitrogen

Explain for me 03-03-2004 to 11-04-2011

0.26 mg/L N
Median N/Amg/L N
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Temperature - WATER

Explain for me 03-03-2004 to 08-10-2023

13.1 ° C
Median 11.9° C
Latest

pH

Explain for me 03-03-2004 to 08-10-2023

7.11 pH Units
Median 7.06pH Units
Latest

Electrical Conductivity

Explain for me 03-03-2004 to 08-10-2023

1412.50 µS/cm
Median 1634.00µS/cm
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Reactive Phosphate (mg/L)

Explain for me 26-04-2011 to 08-10-2023

0.050 mg/L P
Median 0.100mg/L P
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Dissolved Oxygen % Saturation

Explain for me 26-08-2011 to 08-10-2023

60 %
Median 91%
Latest

Turbidity - NTU

Explain for me 03-03-2004 to 08-10-2023

10 NTU
Median 1NTU
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 60 Moderate 20 visits	Explain for me 7.00 Good 20 visits	Explain for me 7.50 Good 20 visits	Explain for me 1612.00 Very Poor 20 visits	Explain for me 10 Good 20 visits	Explain for me 0.090 Poor 20 visits
2025	N/A 0 visits	N/A 0 visits	N/A 0 visits	N/A 0 visits	N/A 0 visits	N/A 0 visits
2024	N/A 0 visits	N/A 0 visits	N/A 0 visits	N/A 0 visits	N/A 0 visits	N/A 0 visits
2023	Explain for me 57 Poor 12 visits	Explain for me 7.23 Good 12 visits	Explain for me 7.70 Good 12 visits	Explain for me 1612.00 Very Poor 12 visits	Explain for me 1 Good 12 visits	Explain for me 0.060 Moderate 12 visits
2022	Explain for me 60 Moderate 8 visits	Explain for me 6.70 Moderate 8 visits	Explain for me 7.00 Good 8 visits	Explain for me 1540.00 Very Poor 8 visits	Explain for me 20 Good 8 visits	Explain for me 0.150 Very Poor 8 visits
2021	N/A 0 visits	N/A 0 visits	N/A 0 visits	N/A 0 visits	N/A 0 visits	N/A 0 visits
2020	N/A 0 visits	N/A 0 visits	N/A 0 visits	N/A 0 visits	N/A 0 visits	N/A 0 visits