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Overview

Catchment Yarra River
Site Diamond Creek @ Edendale Environment Centre footbridge ME_YDI800
Date and Time Monday 29th March 2010 11:35am
Approved Approved

Notes

Physical Chemical Tests

Ammon-Nit mg/L NH3-N N mg/L NH4+ D.O mg/L EC µS/cm FrP mg/L P Nitrate-Nit mg/L N pH pH Units rP mg/L P Air ° C Water ° C Turb NTU
Sample 8 280 7.1 22.3 19.5 150
Weather Overcast at first, sunny/cloudy later
Last rainfall Last 24 hrs
Flow estimate Fast
Water Appearance
Stream depth 65.00
Stream width 5.90
Hazards
Litter/Pollutants
What has changed since last time you monitored? Much less turbid Width and depth almost back to normal Last rainfall: 8.6mm in Last 24 hours, 70.8mm from 6-3-10 to 29-3-10 Other observations: Eroded bank, White Cockatoos, Rainbow Lorikeets, Noisy Miners Litter: lots of polystyrene, bottles, plastic. Also: balls, ballon, timber, wheelbarrow, foam, fabric, large blue plastic, corrugated iron (part of a watertank)- Most of this is upstream Dissolved Oxygen: 90% saturation

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