Site Visit #2320065 27-03-2018 | CO_BRO023: Barangarook Creek @ Murray St

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CO_BRO023 Lake Colac Catchment

Tuesday 27th March 2018 10:45am Approved

Notes

Physical Chemical Tests

Dissolved Oxygen % Saturation

60.43%

Dissolved Oxygen mg/L

6.2mg/L

Electrical Conductivity

1418µS/cm

pH

7.1pH Units

Reactive Phosphate (mg/L)

0.03mg/L P

Temperature - AIR

12° C

Temperature - WATER

14° C

Turbidity - NTU

5.51NTU

Water Conditions

Weather

Overcast

Last rainfall

During the last week

Flow estimate

LOW: Minimum flow in channel/continuous flow in some part of channel (in-stream habitats connected)

Water Appearance

Clear

Stream depth

51cm - 99cm

Stream width

Hazards

Litter/Pollutants

cans

Habitat

fragmites, cumbungi. Recent downstream works to stabilise banks

Bank Erosion Stability	Bank Vegetation	In Stream Cover	Riffles Pools Bends	Verge Vegetation	Overall
Fair ³	Fair ⁶	Fair ⁶	Good ⁴	Fair ⁶	²⁵

Water Bugs WaterWatch method

Species	Score	Quantity
Freshwater Shrimp/Prawn (Atyidae)	5	5
True Bugs - Backswimmers, Water-boatmen, Water-striders (Hemiptera)	4	5
Mosquito Larvae (Diptera)	2	1

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

Total abundance: 11 Total score: 11 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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