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Elster Creek

Melbourne

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ME_DEL300 Dandenong Catchment

Sunday 4th December 2022 10:00am Approved
Notes

Physical Chemical Tests

Ammonium
0.03mg/L NH4+
Dissolved Oxygen % Saturation
43.85%
Dissolved Oxygen mg/L
4.5mg/L
Electrical Conductivity
1320µS/cm
pH
7.5pH Units
Reactive Phosphate (mg/L)
0.175mg/L P
Temperature - AIR
28° C
Temperature - WATER
14° C
Turbidity - NTU
15NTU

Water Conditions

Weather
Sunny
Last rainfall
During the last week 120.00
Flow estimate
MEDIUM: flow is normal/typical average flow
Water Appearance
Clear,Stained brown
Stream depth
51cm - 99cm
Stream width
2m - 5m
Hazards
Sun, mosquitos
Litter/Pollutants
plastic

Habitat

The group needs more dstilled water , standard solutionsfor calibrating PH (PH=4,7,10) and callibrating EC(EC+1413)

Bank Erosion Stability Bank Vegetation In Stream Cover Riffles Pools Bends Verge Vegetation Overall
Poor 2 Poor 4 Poor 4 Poor 2 Poor 4 16

Water Bugs WaterWatch method

Image Species Score Quantity
Image
Damselfly Nymph (Odonata) 6 11
Flatworms (Turbellaria) Flatworms (Turbellaria) 2 1
Image
Mosquito Larvae (Diptera) 2 2
Image
Non Biting Midge Larvae - Bloodworms (Diptera) 1 6
Image
Segmented Worm (Oligochaeta) 1 7
Total bug score
Total abundance 0 - 35 35+
0 - 200 Poor Good
200+ Fair Very good
Total abundance: 27 Total score: 12 Overall rating: Poor

Diary photos

No diary entries recorded for this visit

Physical Chemical Trends

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