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  6. 16-06-2002

Old Joes Creek, 10 metres upstream creek goes into drain under retarding basin (suburb?)

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ME_DOJ035 Dandenong Catchment

Sunday 16th June 2002 13:15pm Approved
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Physical Chemical Tests

Dissolved Oxygen % Saturation
51%
Dissolved Oxygen mg/L
5.3mg/L
Electrical Conductivity
731µS/cm
Nitrate - Nitrogen
0.84mg/L
pH
7.3pH Units
Reactive Phosphate (mg/L)
0.05mg/L P
Temperature - WATER
13° C
Turbidity - NTU
22NTU

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Water Bugs WaterWatch method

Image Species Score Quantity
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o. Family Dytiscidae, Genus Rhantus (Beetle adult) 0 3
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Water-boatmen 4 1
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Freshwater Snails (Gastropoda) 3 60
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Segmented Worm (Oligochaeta) 1 5
Total bug score
Total abundance 0 - 35 35+
0 - 200 Poor Good
200+ Fair Very good
Total abundance: 69 Total score: 4 Overall rating: Poor

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