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  6. 12-01-2013

Salt Creek at Lower Plenty Road, u/s barrel drain, Rosanna Parklands

Melbourne

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ME_YSA570 Yarra River Catchment

Saturday 12th January 2013 11:40am Approved
Notes

Physical Chemical Tests

Ammonium
0.02mg/L NH4+
Dissolved Oxygen mg/L
10mg/L
Electrical Conductivity
1050µS/cm
pH
7.2pH Units
Reactive Phosphate (mg/L)
0.02ppm
Temperature - AIR
20.8° C
Temperature - WATER
19.9° C
Turbidity - NTU
19NTU

Water Conditions

Weather
Overcast
Last rainfall
During the last week 1.2
Flow estimate
LOW: Minimum flow in channel/continuous flow in some part of channel (in-stream habitats connected)
Water Appearance
Milky,Smelly
Stream depth
51cm - 99cm
Stream width
2m - 5m
Hazards
Transversing disturbed rocks
Litter/Pollutants
bottles,packets,plastic,other

Habitat

Noted vegetation mainly exotic with little indigeneous plant life noted. Australian black duck noted swimming in area.
Bank Erosion Stability Bank Vegetation In Stream Cover Riffles Pools Bends Verge Vegetation Overall
Fair 3 Poor 4 Poor 4 Fair 3 Poor 4 Poor 18

Water Bugs WaterWatch method

Image Species Score Quantity
Total bug score
Total abundance 0 - 35 35+
0 - 200 Poor Good
200+ Fair Very good
Total abundance: 0 Total score: 0 Overall rating: Poor

Diary photos

No diary entries recorded for this visit

Physical Chemical Trends

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