Site Visit #2319104 25-03-2018 | ME_MGH470: Garden Hut Reservoir@ Kolora

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ME_MGH470 Maribyrnong River Catchment

Sunday 25th March 2018 11:00am Approved

Notes

Water Conditions

Weather

Cloudy

Last rainfall

During the last 24 hours 35.00

Flow estimate

POOLS: No continuous flow in channel and intermittent pools (in-stream habitats not connected)

Water Appearance

Scummy,Stained brown

Stream depth

51cm - 99cm

Stream width

2m - 5m

Hazards

Litter/Pollutants

Habitat

Still pond approx 50m upstream from usual sampling spot at the reservoir.

The reservoir has pretty much dried out (only a few puddles left) but very muddy and slippery and access to these pools is nearly impossible

Bank Erosion Stability	Bank Vegetation	In Stream Cover	Riffles Pools Bends	Verge Vegetation	Overall
Fair ³	Poor ⁴	Poor ⁴	Poor ²	N/A	¹³

Water Bugs WaterWatch method

Species	Score	Quantity
Caddis-fly Larvae (Trichoptera)	7	1000
Freshwater Shrimp/Prawn (Atyidae)	5	5
Water mites (Acarina)	5	10
Aquatic Beetles - Diving Beetles, Whirligig Beetles (Coleoptera)	3	20
Freshwater Snails (Gastropoda)	3	1000
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: 2095 Total score: 31 Overall rating: Fair

Diary photos

Physical Chemical Trends

Test 1

Test 2

Mininum standard

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