Site Visit #1069979 15-11-2010 | CO_BAR010: Barwon River below West Barwon Reservoir at Forrest

CO_BAR010 Barwon River Catchment

Monday 15th November 2010 10:42am Approved

Notes

Physical Chemical Tests

Dissolved Oxygen % Saturation

65%

Dissolved Oxygen mg/L

6.2mg/L

Electrical Conductivity

180µS/cm

pH

6.8pH Units

Reactive Phosphate (mg/L)

0mg/L P

Temperature - AIR

14.9° C

Temperature - WATER

17.2° 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
b. Family Palaemonidae, Genus Macrobrachium (freshwater prawn)	5	1
c. Family Atyidae (glass shrimp)	0	10
Chironomids	1	5
d. Family Hydrophilidae, Genus Helochares (Beetle adult)	2	5
Freshwater shrimp	5	100
g. Family Hydrophilidae (water scavenger beetle adult)	0	100
Caddis-fly Larvae (Trichoptera)	7	1
Damselfly Nymph (Odonata)	6	30
Dragonfly Nymph (Odonata)	6	10
Beetle larvae (Coleoptera)	4	10
Flatworms (Turbellaria)	3	10
True Bugs - Backswimmers, Water-boatmen, Water-striders (Hemiptera)	4	50
Mosquito Larvae (Diptera)	2	15

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

Total abundance: 347 Total score: 31 Overall rating: Fair

Diary photos

No diary entries recorded for this visit

Physical Chemical Trends

Test 1

Test 2

Mininum standard

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Barwon River below West Barwon Reservoir at Forrest