Site Visit #2322591 29-11-2018 | ME_WCW050_RD: Cheetham Creek Wetlands Point Cook

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ME_WCW050_RD Werribee River Catchment

Thursday 29th November 2018 1:10am Approved

Notes

Water Conditions

Weather

Last rainfall

Flow estimate

Water Appearance

Stream depth

Stream width

Hazards

Litter/Pollutants

Habitat

Bank Erosion Stability	Bank Vegetation	In Stream Cover	Riffles Pools Bends	Verge Vegetation	Overall
Excellent ⁵	Good ⁸	Fair ⁶	Good ⁴	Good ⁸	³¹

Water Bugs River Detectives method

Image	Name	Score
	Cased caddis larvae	8
	Fishing spiders	5
	Water mites	5
	Damselfly larvae	3
	Five cent crabs, false spider crabs	3
	Freshwater prawns	4
	Pogs	4
	Water striders	4
	Whirligig beetle larvae	4
	Whirligig beetles	4
	Water tigers	2
	Water treaders	1

> 6

clean water

5 to 6

mild pollution

4 to 5

moderate pollution

< 4

severe pollution

Total score: 3.9 Overall rating: Severe pollution

Diary photos

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Physical Chemical Trends

Test 1

Test 2

Mininum standard

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