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  6. 27-12-2013

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

Melbourne

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ME_YSA570 Yarra River Catchment

Friday 27th December 2013 10:15am Approved
Notes
Despite rain during the past week, water level was too low with little flow to be able to take reasonable sample for testing.

Physical Chemical Tests

Ammonium
0mg/L NH4+
Dissolved Oxygen mg/L
0mg/L
Electrical Conductivity
0µS/cm
pH
0pH Units
Reactive Phosphate (mg/L)
0ppm
Temperature - AIR
18.3° C
Temperature - WATER
0° C
Turbidity - NTU
0NTU

Water Conditions

Weather
Sunny
Last rainfall
During the last 24 hours 2.4
Flow estimate
DRY: No continuous flow in channel and no pools
Water Appearance
Clear
Stream depth
0 - 50cm
Stream width
2m - 5m
Hazards
 
Litter/Pollutants
plastic

Habitat

Bank Erosion Stability Bank Vegetation In Stream Cover Riffles Pools Bends Verge Vegetation Overall
Fair 3 Fair 6 Poor 4 Good 4 Fair 6 Fair 23

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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