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ME_DDN050 Dandenong Catchment

Dandenong Creek Sub Catchment

Active

Monitoring organisations

ME_Friends of Dandenong Valley Parklands

ME_Lions Club of Wheelers Hill

ME_Parks Vic Bushfire Monitoring

ME_Waterwatch West Coordinators

Acrossstream

Habitat Scores

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04-11-1999 - 27-03-2015

	Bank Erosion Stability	Bank Vegetation	In Stream Cover	Riffles Pools Bends	Verge Vegetation
March 2015

June 2012	Fair	Poor	Fair	Fair	Poor

February 2012	Fair	Fair	Fair	Poor	Fair
Banks very steep. Verge has good vegetation cover of mixed native and exotics on both sides. little in-stream vegetation due to shading from trees.
November 1999	VeryPoor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor

Water Bugs

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WaterWatch Method

04-11-1999 - 04-11-1999

Date	Taxa Count	Total score	Rating

Physical Chemical Tests

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Site Visits

Trend Line

Ammonia-Nitrogen

Explain for me 27-07-2007 to 21-05-2010

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

Ammonium

Explain for me 20-08-2010 to 09-05-2025

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

Dissolved Oxygen mg/L

Explain for me 04-11-1999 to 09-05-2025

7.20 mg/L
Median 7.02mg/L
Latest

Filterable Reactive Phosphorus

Explain for me 27-07-2007 to 21-05-2010

0.10 mg/L P
Median 0.06mg/L P
Latest

Nitrate - Nitrogen

Explain for me 29-10-2001 to 21-05-2010

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

Explain for me 04-11-1999 to 09-05-2025

15.0 ° C
Median 12.5° C
Latest

pH

Explain for me 04-11-1999 to 09-05-2025

7.20 pH Units
Median 10.30pH Units
Latest

Electrical Conductivity

Explain for me 04-11-1999 to 09-05-2025

440.00 µS/cm
Median 350.00µS/cm
Latest

Reactive Phosphate (mg/L)

Explain for me 04-11-1999 to 09-05-2025

0.100 mg/L P
Median 0.250mg/L P
Latest

Dissolved Oxygen % Saturation

Explain for me 19-10-2012 to 09-05-2025

68 %
Median 66%
Latest

Turbidity - NTU

Explain for me 04-11-1999 to 09-05-2025

20 NTU
Median 5NTU
Latest

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Water Quality Indicators for Urban - Yarra River E and SE tributaries and Mornington Peninsula

(2020 to 2025) 31 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
	75th Percentile	75th Percentile	75th Percentile	75th Percentile	75th Percentile	75th Percentile
2020 to 2025	Explain for me 76 Good 31 visits	Explain for me 7.45 Good 31 visits	Explain for me 7.45 Good 31 visits	Explain for me 550.00 Moderate 31 visits	Explain for me 30 Good 31 visits	Explain for me 0.165 Poor 31 visits
2025	N/A 5 visits	N/A 5 visits	N/A 5 visits	N/A 5 visits	N/A 5 visits	N/A 5 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 75 Good 8 visits	Explain for me 7.40 Good 8 visits	Explain for me 7.40 Good 8 visits	Explain for me 621.00 Moderate 8 visits	Explain for me 20 Good 8 visits	Explain for me 0.100 Good 8 visits
2022	Explain for me 73 Good 10 visits	Explain for me 7.40 Good 10 visits	Explain for me 7.40 Good 10 visits	Explain for me 525.00 Moderate 10 visits	Explain for me 25 Good 10 visits	Explain for me 0.100 Good 10 visits
2021	Explain for me 69 Moderate 6 visits	Explain for me 7.05 Good 6 visits	Explain for me 7.05 Good 6 visits	Explain for me 465.00 Good 6 visits	Explain for me 35 Good 6 visits	Explain for me 0.100 Good 6 visits
2020	N/A 2 visits	N/A 2 visits	N/A 2 visits	N/A 2 visits	N/A 2 visits	N/A 2 visits

Diary entries

March 2025

November 2023

September 2023

July 2023

June 2023

April 2023

February 2023

November 2022

April 2021

October 2018

Litter caught on fallen branches

June 2018

Litter caught on fallen branches

June 2018

Fallen branches in creek north of bridge

February 2018

Erosion from instream

February 2018

Erosion from instream

February 2018

Dandenong Creek South of brdige

December 2017

Dandenong Creek instream foam north of bridge

December 2017

Dandenong Creek instreams with foam breaking up

December 2017

Newest small instream below dry vegetation may cause more erosion with heavy rain forecast

December 2017

November 2017

Photo from Jells Park bridge facing north. Yellow is not showing on foam because of light. Foam did not smell and broke up quickly. Yellow may have just been from lack of rainfall.

November 2017

Yellow was to the left of foam does not show in photo

November 2017

Dandenong Creek south of Jells Park bridge - very dark water, foam broken up

November 2017

Instream to Dandenong Creek from Boral drainage showing 2 instreams and erosion between

October 2017

Foam floating down Dandenong Creek

September 2017

Instream flow into Dandenong Creek north of the bridge

September 2017

Dandenong Creek low for this time of year. Photo of north side of the bridge

May 2017

WaterWatch Data Portal

Dandenong Creek, Jells Park, North of Wildlife Lake at footbridge, Wheelers Hill

ME_DDN050 Dandenong Catchment

Dandenong Creek Sub Catchment

Monitoring organisations

Acrossstream

Habitat Scores

Water Bugs

WaterWatch 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 Urban - Yarra River E and SE tributaries and Mornington Peninsula

2020 to 2025

76

7.45

7.45

550.00

30

0.165

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

75

7.40

7.40

621.00

20

0.100

2022

73

7.40

7.40

525.00

25

0.100

2021

69

7.05

7.05

465.00

35

0.100

2020

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Diary entries

Litter caught on fallen branches

Litter caught on fallen branches

Fallen branches in creek north of bridge

Erosion from instream

Erosion from instream

Dandenong Creek South of brdige

Dandenong Creek instream foam north of bridge

Dandenong Creek instreams with foam breaking up