Site Visit #2335331 20-10-2023 | CO_WAU012: Waurn Ponds Creek @ Cobbin Farm

CO_WAU012 Barwon River Catchment

Friday 20th October 2023 13:00pm 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
Good ⁴	Fair ⁶	Fair ⁶	Fair ³	Fair ⁶	²⁵

Water Bugs River Detectives method

Image	Name	Score
	Cased caddis larvae	8
	Free-living caddis larvae	8
	Stonefly nymphs	10
	Black fly larvae	5
	Fishing spiders	5
	Marsh beetle larvae	6
	Water mites	5
	Water pennys	6
	Chironomids, blood worms	4
	Dragonfly larvae	3
	Five cent crabs, false spider crabs	3
	Fly larvae	3
	Freshwater mussels and clams	3
	Freshwater prawns	4
	Glass shrimps	3
	Leafy water scorpions	4
	Pogs	4
	Sideswimmers or scuds	3
	Water striders	4
	Freshwater snails	1
	Leeches	1
	Water tigers	2
	Waterboatmen	2
	Worms	2

> 6

clean water

5 to 6

mild pollution

4 to 5

moderate pollution

< 4

severe pollution

Total score: 4.1 Overall rating: Moderate pollution

Diary photos

No diary entries recorded for this visit

Physical Chemical Trends

Test 1

Test 2

Mininum standard

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Waurn Ponds Creek @ Cobbin Farm