WaterWatch Portal

ME_DEL300 Dandenong Catchment

Dandenong Creek Sub Catchment

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Monitoring organisations

ME_Friends of Elster Ck

ME_Waterwatch West Coordinators

Downstream

Upstream

Habitat Scores

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20-09-2014 - 03-11-2024

	Bank Erosion Stability	Bank Vegetation	In Stream Cover	Riffles Pools Bends	Verge Vegetation
November 2024	Fair	Fair	Fair	Poor	Fair

June 2024	Fair	Fair	Fair	Poor	Poor
O2 measure may have been affected by the sample being carried by hand for 100m Sound sample from Elster Creek https://soundcloud.com/natalie-davey-563516394/elster-creek-june-30-waterwatch?si=0a798b08085746b4a5dbda758b7e985c&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing
May 2024	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor

April 2024	Fair	Poor	Fair	Fair	Poor

February 2024	Fair	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor
unfortunately the Sound tape failed for the recording of Elster Creek this month!
October 2023	Fair	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor

August 2023	Fair	Fair	Fair	Poor	Fair
Need more distilled water x 2 All chemicals need to be replaced Sounds of the Elster Creek with hydrophone Sounds of Soak 2 - we did not complete a full Waterwatch suite of tests but did capture the lively sounds
April 2023	Fair	Fair	Fair	Fair	Fair
Underwater Sound recording from Elster Creek https://soundcloud.com/natalie-davey-563516394/waterwatch-30-april-elster-creek?si=3273c157d75a4f5fb3a3b652da880174&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing The sounds are so much quieter as the weather cools down!
March 2023	Good	Fair	Poor	Fair	Poor

February 2023	Fair	Fair	Fair	Poor	Poor
NH4 Expired 5/2022 Phospahte expiring 3/2023 One container broken cap
January 2023	Fair	Good	Fair	Poor	Poor

December 2022	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor
The group needs more dstilled water , standard solutionsfor calibrating PH (PH=4,7,10) and callibrating EC(EC+1413)
October 2022	Fair	Fair	Poor	Poor	Fair

October 2022	Fair	Poor	Fair	Poor	Poor

August 2022	Fair	VeryPoor	Poor	Poor	Poor
2X small drains leading into the Elster Creek at East End of Reserve. I X major drain feeding into the the reserve Need new electoroconductivity device
August 2022	Poor	Poor	Fair	Poor	Poor
Some litter- plastic wrappers
July 2022	Fair	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor
We were greeted by the resident two swamp hens and a coot.
May 2022	Fair	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor
1 swamp hen 2 cockatoos , 1 grebe, 2 lorikeets, New knotweed growing along test area Some reeds Need new titration pipette as markings have woorn off More latex gloves needed - biodegradable? Absolutely no macro invertebrates revealed in our riffle!
March 2022	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor
Amazing there was no sign of pollutants. Two swamp hens observed us.
February 2022	Fair	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor
The flood over a month ago had pulled many of the reeds out and they were still visible in the waterway.
September 2014

Water Bugs

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WaterWatch Method

20-09-2014 - 03-11-2024

Date	Taxa Count	Total score	Rating
June 2024	17	11	Poor
May 2024	37	20	Poor
April 2024	43	31	Poor
October 2023	27	13	Poor
August 2023	30	16	Poor
April 2023	26	22	Poor
March 2023	24	16	Poor
February 2023	4	8	Poor
January 2023	315	11	Fair
December 2022	27	12	Poor
October 2022	27	21	Poor
October 2022	16	30	Poor
August 2022	33	12	Poor
August 2022	6	14	Poor
July 2022	2	1	Poor
May 2022	1	6	Poor
March 2022	3	9	Poor
February 2022	17	24	Poor
March 2020	68	15	Poor
February 2020	458	28	Fair
January 2020	96	27	Poor
December 2019	103	26	Poor
November 2019	95	18	Poor
October 2019	62	28	Poor
September 2019	17	20	Poor
August 2019	36	15	Poor
July 2019	23	17	Poor
June 2019	3	15	Poor
May 2019	33	10	Poor
April 2019	13	14	Poor
March 2019	16	13	Poor
February 2019	20	15	Poor
January 2019	14	14	Poor
December 2018	63	24	Poor
November 2018	55	17	Poor
October 2018	22	12	Poor
September 2018	59	23	Poor
August 2018	30	15	Poor
July 2018	28	15	Poor
June 2018	32	17	Poor
May 2018	25	16	Poor
April 2018	9	7	Poor
March 2018	51	19	Poor
February 2018	34	16	Poor
January 2018	16	12	Poor
December 2017	100	14	Poor
November 2017	88	18	Poor
October 2017	40	17	Poor
September 2017	51	21	Poor
August 2017	17	13	Poor
July 2017	30	8	Poor
June 2017	16	11	Poor
May 2017	15	17	Poor
April 2017	19	22	Poor
March 2017	110	17	Poor
February 2017	8	8	Poor
January 2017	12	7	Poor
December 2016	27	26	Poor
November 2016	9	11	Poor
October 2016	130	21	Poor
September 2016	60	23	Poor
August 2016	31	26	Poor
July 2016	68	15	Poor
June 2016	5	3	Poor
April 2016	241	25	Fair
March 2016	25	22	Poor
March 2016	25	22	Poor
February 2016	176	21	Poor
February 2016	176	21	Poor
January 2016	37	16	Poor
December 2015	63	33	Poor
November 2015	1122	22	Fair
October 2015	429	20	Fair
September 2015	86	26	Poor
August 2015	81	17	Poor
August 2015	81	17	Poor
May 2015	8	13	Poor
April 2015	28	8	Poor
March 2015	7	23	Poor
February 2015	25	19	Poor
December 2014	31	9	Poor
November 2014	103	14	Poor
October 2014	20	13	Poor
September 2014	10	11	Poor
September 2014	10	11	Poor

Water Bugs

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Agreed Level Taxonomy Method

29-05-2022 - 29-05-2022

Date	Taxa Count	Weighted SIGNAL

Physical Chemical Tests

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Ammonia-Nitrogen

Explain for me 21-02-2006 to 29-06-2007

N/A mg/L NH3-N
Median 0.00mg/L NH3-N
Latest

Ammonium

Explain for me 20-01-2019 to 30-06-2024

0.07 mg/L NH4+
Median 0.02mg/L NH4+
Latest

Dissolved Oxygen mg/L

Explain for me 21-02-2006 to 03-11-2024

4.00 mg/L
Median 5.00mg/L
Latest

Filterable Reactive Phosphorus

Explain for me 21-02-2006 to 29-06-2007

0.10 mg/L P
Median 0.07mg/L P
Latest

Nitrate - Nitrogen

Explain for me 21-02-2006 to 29-06-2007

N/A mg/L N
Median N/Amg/L N
Latest

Temperature - WATER

Explain for me 21-02-2006 to 03-11-2024

15.0 ° C
Median 14.0° C
Latest

pH

Explain for me 21-02-2006 to 30-06-2024

7.40 pH Units
Median 7.90pH Units
Latest

Electrical Conductivity

Explain for me 21-02-2006 to 30-06-2024

980.00 µS/cm
Median 480.00µS/cm
Latest

Reactive Phosphate (mg/L)

Explain for me 20-09-2014 to 03-11-2024

0.150 mg/L P
Median 0.250mg/L P
Latest

Dissolved Oxygen % Saturation

Explain for me 20-09-2014 to 30-06-2024

37 %
Median 52%
Latest

Turbidity - NTU

Explain for me 21-02-2006 to 03-11-2024

10 NTU
Median 20NTU
Latest

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Water Quality Indicators for Coastal Plains

(2020 to 2025) 23 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 31 Very Poor 19 visits	Explain for me 7.00 Good 20 visits	Explain for me 7.50 Good 20 visits	Explain for me 1305.00 Very Poor 18 visits	Explain for me 12 Good 23 visits	Explain for me 0.237 Very Poor 23 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 3 visits	N/A 2 visits	N/A 2 visits	N/A 3 visits	N/A 4 visits	N/A 4 visits
2023	N/A 5 visits	Explain for me 7.00 Good 7 visits	Explain for me 7.60 Good 7 visits	N/A 5 visits	Explain for me 10 Good 7 visits	Explain for me 0.237 Very Poor 7 visits
2022	Explain for me 28 Very Poor 8 visits	Explain for me 7.20 Good 8 visits	Explain for me 7.50 Good 8 visits	Explain for me 1215.00 Very Poor 7 visits	Explain for me 10 Good 9 visits	Explain for me 0.158 Very Poor 9 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 3 visits	N/A 3 visits	N/A 3 visits	N/A 3 visits	N/A 3 visits	N/A 3 visits

Diary entries

November 2024

Elster Creek- with plastic too heavy to drag out

June 2024

Julianne and Taylah sampling- view towards Port Phillip

June 2024

Elster Creek- towards New St

June 2024

April 2024

June 2023

March 2023

February 2023

looking towards reserve

February 2023

October 2022

Sound gear check

October 2022

View upstream

October 2022

View across stream

October 2022

View down stream

October 2022

Elster Creek

October 2022

Looking towards Monash Bridge

October 2022

August 2022

July 2022

Floating reeds from earlier flood at site

February 2022

View of site

February 2022

looking towards Monash Bridge

February 2022

upstream

March 2020

across

March 2020

downstream

March 2020

from bridge

March 2020

from upstream

March 2020

upstream

February 2020

across

February 2020

downstream

February 2020

from bridge

February 2020

upstream

January 2020

across

January 2020

downstream

January 2020

from bridge

January 2020

from upstream

January 2020

Pair of chestnut teal with 6 chicks

January 2020

from upstream bridge

December 2019

across

December 2019

downstream

December 2019

from bridge

December 2019

upstream

December 2019

from upstream

November 2019

downstream

November 2019

from bridge

November 2019

across

November 2019

upstream

November 2019

from upstream

November 2019

from bridge

November 2019

downstream

November 2019

upstream

November 2019

across

November 2019

weeds

October 2019

From upstream of pond

October 2019

across

October 2019

from bridge

October 2019

downstream

October 2019

upstream

October 2019

white faced heron

September 2019

across

September 2019

downstream

September 2019

from bridge

September 2019

upstream

September 2019

across

August 2019

downstream

August 2019

from bridge

August 2019

from upstream - new point

August 2019

secret pond - new point

August 2019

upstream

August 2019

View from upstream new photopoint

July 2019

across

July 2019

from bridge

July 2019

down

July 2019

up

July 2019

upstream into hidden pond

July 2019

across

June 2019

downstream

June 2019

from bridge

June 2019

upstream

June 2019

downstream

April 2019

upstream

April 2019

across

April 2019

from bridge

April 2019

across

May 2019

downstream

May 2019

upstream

May 2019

from bridge

May 2019

upstream

March 2019

across

March 2019

downstream

March 2019

from bridge

March 2019

from bridge

February 2019

upstream

February 2019

across

February 2019

downstream

February 2019

across

January 2019

down

January 2019

from bridge

January 2019

up

January 2019

down

November 2018

across

November 2018

up

November 2018

from bridge

November 2018

December 2018

from bridge

December 2018

from bridge - cleared

October 2018

up

October 2018

down

October 2018

record of spraying on banks

October 2018

record of spraying on banks

October 2018

record of spraying on banks

October 2018

record of spraying on banks

October 2018

downstream

September 2018

from bridge

September 2018

upstream

September 2018

across

September 2018

upstream

August 2018

across

August 2018

downstream

August 2018

from bridge

August 2018

from bridge

July 2018

across

July 2018

across

July 2018

down

July 2018

up

July 2018

up

June 2018

across

June 2018

down

June 2018

from bridge

June 2018

up

May 2018

across

May 2018

down

May 2018

from bridge

May 2018

across

April 2018

upstream

April 2018

from bridge

April 2018

upstream

April 2018

upstream

March 2018

across

March 2018

from bridge

March 2018

upstream

March 2018

across

December 2015

down

December 2015

up

December 2015

February 2018

upstream

February 2018

up

January 2018

across

January 2018

across

January 2018

from bridge

January 2018

down

January 2018

across

December 2017

across

December 2017

up

December 2017

from bridge

December 2017

down

December 2017

duck family

December 2017

phosphate test - off the scale

December 2017

from bridge

November 2017

upstream

November 2017

across

November 2017

downstream

November 2017

October 2017

September 2017

across

August 2017

across

August 2017

downstream

August 2017

from bridge

August 2017

upstream

August 2017

from road bridge

July 2017

across

July 2017

down

July 2017

up

July 2017

across

July 2017

across

June 2017

down

June 2017

up

June 2017

bank damage

June 2017

across from distance

June 2017

May 2017

cockatoos nesting in tree next to creek

April 2017

across

April 2017

down

April 2017

up

April 2017

March 2017

January 2017

March 2017

February 2017

November 2016

September 2016

August 2016

October 2016

December 2016

down

July 2016

upstream

July 2016

across

July 2016

down

April 2016

up

April 2016

across

April 2016

down stream

March 2016

upstream

March 2016

across

March 2016

down

February 2016

up

February 2016

across

February 2016

up

January 2016

down

January 2016

across

January 2016

downstream

November 2015

Across

November 2015

upstream

November 2015

across

October 2015

up

October 2015

down

October 2015

across

September 2015

downstream

September 2015

upstream

September 2015

August 2015

June 2015

down

June 2015

May 2015

April 2015

March 2015

February 2015

December 2014

November 2014

WaterWatch Data Portal

Elster Creek

ME_DEL300 Dandenong Catchment

Dandenong Creek Sub Catchment

Monitoring organisations

Downstream

Upstream

Habitat Scores

Water Bugs

WaterWatch Method

Water Bugs

Agreed Level Taxonomy Method

Physical Chemical Tests

Ammonia-Nitrogen

Ammonium

Dissolved Oxygen mg/L

Filterable Reactive Phosphorus

Nitrate - Nitrogen

Temperature - WATER

pH

Electrical Conductivity

Reactive Phosphate (mg/L)

Dissolved Oxygen % Saturation

Turbidity - NTU

Water Quality Indicators for Coastal Plains

2020 to 2025

31

7.00

7.50

1305.00

12

0.237

2025

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

2024

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

2023

N/A

7.00

7.60

N/A

10

0.237

2022

28

7.20

7.50

1215.00

10

0.158

2021

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

2020

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Diary entries

Elster Creek- with plastic too heavy to drag out

Julianne and Taylah sampling- view towards Port Phillip

Elster Creek- towards New St

looking towards reserve

Sound gear check