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Dandenong Creek, mixing zone of Old Joes Creek (suburb?)

Melbourne

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ME_DDN030 Dandenong Catchment

Friday 9th November 2012 9:50am Approved
Notes

Physical Chemical Tests

Ammonium
0mg/L NH4+
Dissolved Oxygen % Saturation
70.2%
Dissolved Oxygen mg/L
6.8mg/L
Electrical Conductivity
400µS/cm
pH
7.6pH Units
Reactive Phosphate (mg/L)
0.13mg/L P
Temperature - AIR
18.9° C
Temperature - WATER
18.1° C
Turbidity - FTU
44FTU

Water Conditions

Weather
Cloudy
Last rainfall
During the last 24 hours 0.8
Flow estimate
MEDIUM: flow is normal/typical average flow
Water Appearance
Muddy,Milky
Stream depth
0 - 50cm
Stream width
2m - 5m
Hazards
 
Litter/Pollutants

Habitat

Bank Erosion Stability Bank Vegetation In Stream Cover Riffles Pools Bends Verge Vegetation Overall
Fair 3 Poor 4 VeryPoor 2 VeryPoor 1 VeryPoor 2 Poor 12

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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