Site Visit #1069618 21-05-2010 | CO_LEI030: Leigh River, Railway Bridge at Inverleigh

WaterWatch Data Portal

CO_LEI030 Barwon River Catchment

Friday 21st May 2010 17:00pm Approved

Notes

Physical Chemical Tests

Dissolved Oxygen % Saturation

84%

Dissolved Oxygen mg/L

9mg/L

Electrical Conductivity

900µS/cm

pH

7pH Units

Reactive Phosphate (mg/L)

0.11mg/L P

Temperature - AIR

12° C

Temperature - WATER

11° C

Turbidity - NTU

9NTU

Water Conditions

Weather

Last rainfall

Flow estimate

Water Appearance

Stream depth

Stream width

Hazards

Litter/Pollutants

Water Bugs WaterWatch method

Species	Score	Quantity
c. Family Atyidae (glass shrimp)	0	1
Freshwater shrimp	5	1
Caddis-fly Larvae (Trichoptera)	7	8
Damselfly Nymph (Odonata)	6	4
Water mites (Acarina)	5	25
Beetle larvae (Coleoptera)	4	1
Side Swimmer/Scud (Amphipoda)	4	50
True Bugs - Backswimmers, Water-boatmen, Water-striders (Hemiptera)	4	10

	Total bug score
Total abundance	0 - 35	35+
0 - 200	Poor	Good
200+	Fair	Very good

Total abundance: 100 Total score: 30 Overall rating: Poor

Diary photos

No diary entries recorded for this visit

Physical Chemical Trends

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Test 2

Mininum standard

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