Site Visit #2315541 10-05-2017 | ME_DDN015: Dandenong Creek, Liverpool Road Retarding Basin, Boronia

WaterWatch Data Portal

ME_DDN015 Dandenong Catchment

Wednesday 10th May 2017 13:30pm Approved

Notes

Physical Chemical Tests

Ammonium

0mg/L NH4+

Dissolved Oxygen % Saturation

85.49%

Dissolved Oxygen mg/L

9mg/L

Electrical Conductivity

260µS/cm

pH

7.1pH Units

Reactive Phosphate (mg/L)

0.03mg/L P

Temperature - AIR

21° C

Temperature - WATER

13° C

Turbidity - NTU

17NTU

Water Conditions

Weather

Sunny

Last rainfall

During the last week

Flow estimate

MEDIUM: flow is normal/typical average flow

Water Appearance

Stained brown

Stream depth

0 - 50cm

Stream width

2m - 5m

Hazards

Litter/Pollutants

bottles,plastic

Habitat

Bank Erosion Stability	Bank Vegetation	In Stream Cover	Riffles Pools Bends	Verge Vegetation	Overall
Fair ³	Fair ⁶	Fair ⁶	Good ⁴	Poor ⁴	²³

Water Bugs WaterWatch method

Species	Score	Quantity
Caddis-fly Larvae (Trichoptera)	7	50
Mayfly nymph (Ephemeroptera)	7	10
Freshwater Shrimp/Prawn (Atyidae)	5	30
Beetle larvae (Coleoptera)	4	1
Freshwater Snails (Gastropoda)	3	40
True Bugs - Backswimmers, Water-boatmen, Water-striders (Hemiptera)	4	2

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

Total abundance: 133 Total score: 30 Overall rating: Poor

Diary photos

No diary entries recorded for this visit

Physical Chemical Trends

Test 1

Test 2

Mininum standard

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