Site Visit #2325214 21-10-2019 | ME_DDN083_RD: Dandenong Creek @ Tirhatuan Park

WaterWatch Data Portal

ME_DDN083_RD Dandenong Catchment

Monday 21st October 2019 10:05am 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
Fair ³	Fair ⁶	Fair ⁶	Fair ³	Fair ⁶	²⁴

Water Bugs River Detectives method

Image	Name	Score
	Toebiters	10
	Black fly larvae	5
	Water mites	5
	Damselfly larvae	3
	Dragonfly larvae	3
	Fly larvae	3
	Pogs	4
	Whirligig beetles	4
	Backswimmers	1
	Flatworms	2
	Mosquito larvae, wrigglers	1
	Water tigers	2
	Waterboatmen	2

> 6

clean water

5 to 6

mild pollution

4 to 5

moderate pollution

< 4

severe pollution

Total score: 3.5 Overall rating: Severe pollution

Diary photos

No diary entries recorded for this visit

Physical Chemical Trends

Test 1

Test 2

Mininum standard

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