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CO_WYE100 Otway Coast Catchment

Active Reach: 35_46 Wye River

Monitoring organisation

CO_Wye River Waterwatch

Downstream

Downstream

Acrossstream

Acrossstream

Upstream

Upstream

Water Bugs

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Agreed Level Taxonomy Method

06-01-2015 - 15-10-2017

Date	Taxa Count	Weighted SIGNAL
October 2016	29	6.1
September 2015	251	2.8
January 2015	117	2.8

Physical Chemical Tests

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Site Visits

Trend Line

Dissolved Oxygen mg/L

Explain for me 07-09-2014 to 07-03-2026

8.30 mg/L
Median 8.10mg/L
Latest

Temperature - WATER

Explain for me 07-09-2014 to 07-03-2026

15.0 ° C
Median 22.0° C
Latest

pH

Explain for me 07-09-2014 to 07-03-2026

7.30 pH Units
Median 7.60pH Units
Latest

Electrical Conductivity

Explain for me 07-09-2014 to 07-03-2026

388.50 µS/cm
Median 594.00µS/cm
Latest

Reactive Phosphate (mg/L)

Explain for me 07-09-2014 to 07-03-2026

0.030 mg/L P
Median 0.023mg/L P
Latest

Dissolved Oxygen % Saturation

Explain for me 07-09-2014 to 07-03-2026

83 %
Median 93%
Latest

Turbidity - NTU

Explain for me 07-09-2014 to 07-03-2026

2 NTU
Median 2NTU
Latest

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Water Quality Indicators for Uplands B

(2021 to 2026) 64 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
2021 to 2026	Explain for me 76 Moderate 62 visits	Explain for me 7.10 Good 64 visits	Explain for me 7.30 Good 64 visits	Explain for me 599.00 Poor 64 visits	Explain for me 4 Good 63 visits	Explain for me 0.030 Moderate 64 visits
2026	N/A 4 visits	N/A 4 visits	N/A 4 visits	N/A 4 visits	N/A 4 visits	N/A 4 visits
2025	Explain for me 78 Moderate 12 visits	Explain for me 7.00 Good 12 visits	Explain for me 7.30 Good 12 visits	Explain for me 1186.00 Very Poor 12 visits	Explain for me 2 Good 11 visits	Explain for me 0.027 Moderate 12 visits
2024	Explain for me 73 Poor 12 visits	Explain for me 7.00 Good 12 visits	Explain for me 7.20 Good 12 visits	Explain for me 416.00 Moderate 12 visits	Explain for me 2 Good 12 visits	Explain for me 0.013 Good 12 visits
2023	Explain for me 79 Moderate 11 visits	Explain for me 7.10 Good 12 visits	Explain for me 7.20 Good 12 visits	Explain for me 418.00 Moderate 12 visits	Explain for me 3 Good 12 visits	Explain for me 0.020 Good 12 visits
2022	Explain for me 73 Poor 12 visits	Explain for me 7.20 Good 12 visits	Explain for me 7.40 Good 12 visits	Explain for me 325.00 Moderate 12 visits	Explain for me 4 Good 12 visits	Explain for me 0.030 Moderate 12 visits
2021	Explain for me 74 Poor 11 visits	Explain for me 6.50 Moderate 12 visits	Explain for me 7.40 Good 12 visits	Explain for me 946.00 Very Poor 12 visits	Explain for me 5 Good 12 visits	Explain for me 0.045 Very Poor 12 visits

Diary entries

January 2026

January 2026

January 2026

January 2026

January 2026

January 2026

March 2024

March 2022

November 2022

Cardboard in the Wye River at Fishing Platform. Lots of it!

Cardboard in the Wye River at Fishing Platform. Lots of it!

August 2022

trip hazards

trip hazards

November 2018

Water murky, very different to BT

Water murky, very different to BT

November 2018

water level a bit lower- you can see more of the bank

water level a bit lower- you can see more of the bank

July 2018

May 2018

May 2018

May 2018

looking downstream from FP

looking downstream from FP

May 2018

February 2018

February 2018

February 2018

February 2018

February 2018

February 2018

Noticeboard at the entrance to the Big 4 caravan park- with estuary watch and Wye riverwalk information

Noticeboard at the entrance to the Big 4 caravan park- with estuary watch and Wye riverwalk information

January 2018

Fishing platform - looking across river

Fishing platform - looking across river

January 2018

Eel under the fishing platform

Eel under the fishing platform

January 2018

near Fishing Platform

near Fishing Platform

November 2017

near Fishing Platform

near Fishing Platform

November 2017

September 2017

September 2017

August 2017

August 2017

August 2017

August 2017

July 2017

July 2017

July 2017

July 2017

June 2017

February 2017

algae on the surface

algae on the surface

February 2017

scum on surface- approx 50 metres from fishing platform - adjacent camp sites 122/123

scum on surface- approx 50 metres from fishing platform - adjacent camp sites 122/123

February 2017

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