Site Visit #2321870 04-10-2018 | ME_WTR400: Truganina Park

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ME_WTR400 Werribee River Catchment

Thursday 4th October 2018 9:30am Approved

Notes

Water Conditions

Weather

Overcast

Last rainfall

More than a week ago

Flow estimate

Water Appearance

Muddy

Stream depth

Stream width

Hazards

Litter/Pollutants

Habitat

Steep slope to water.

Bank Erosion Stability	Bank Vegetation	In Stream Cover	Riffles Pools Bends	Verge Vegetation	Overall
Fair ³	Fair ⁶	N/A	N/A	Good ⁸	¹⁷

Water Bugs Agreed Level Taxonomy Method

Image	Species	Score	Quantity
	c. Phylum Annelida, class Hirudinea, (leeches)	1	1
	e. Family Chironomidae, several genera (blood worms)	1	5
	e. Family Lestidae and Family Coenagrionidae (Damselfly nymph)	2	4
	e. Phylum Turbellaria ( flatworms)	1	3
	g. Order Acarina, (water mites)	5	2
	i. Family Aeshnidae (Dragonfly nymph - Couta mud eye)	5	1
	l. Family Culicidae (mosquito larvae, wrigglers)	1	10
	m. Family Corixidae , Genus Micronecta (little brindle boatman)	2	10
ALT Signal Score		2.50
Weighted ALT Signal Score		2.27

Diary photos

Physical Chemical Trends

Test 1

Test 2

Mininum standard

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