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Notes

Physical Chemical Tests

4mm rain in last 3 days. More turbid. Unpleasent smell. No mosyuito fish. Rubbish left on ledge near new dam wall after rain. Weed, Montrbretia (Crocosmia) in flower and spreading down creek. Cumbungi (in flower) and Kikuyu spreading across lake. Pobblebonk and Marsh Frogs calling. Chestnut teal, Mudlarks, little Corellas, Black Ducks, Wood ducks. Upper and lower drains not flowing but had been

Creatures Waterwatch method

Image	Species	Score	Quantity
	c. Family Atyidae (glass shrimp)	0	N/A
	d. Family Hydrophilidae, Genus Helochares (Beetle adult)	2	N/A
	Freshwater shrimp	5	N/A
	Caddis-fly Larvae (Trichoptera)	7	N/A
	Mayfly nymph (Ephemeroptera)	7	N/A
	Stonefly nymph (Plecoptera)	8	N/A
	Aquatic Caterpillars (Lepidoptera)	3	N/A
	Damselfly Nymph (Odonata)	6	N/A
	Dragonfly Nymph (Odonata)	6	N/A
	Freshwater Mussel (Bivalvia)	0	N/A
	Freshwater slater (Isopoda)	5	N/A
	Toebiters Dobsonflies (Megaloptera)	6	N/A
	Water mites (Acarina)	5	N/A
	Yabbies/Marron/Gilgie Freshwater (Decapoda)	5	N/A
	Beetle larvae (Coleoptera)	4	N/A
	Flatworms (Turbellaria)	3	N/A
	Freshwater Snails (Gastropoda)	3	N/A
	Hydra (Hydrozoa)	4	N/A
	Leeches (Hirudinea)	3	N/A
	Roundworms (Nematoda)	3	N/A
	Side Swimmer/Scud (Amphipoda)	4	N/A
	True Bugs - Backswimmers, Water-boatmen, Water-striders (Hemiptera)	4	N/A
	Biting Midge Larvae (Diptera)	2	N/A
	Mosquito Larvae (Diptera)	2	N/A
	Non Biting Midge Larvae - Bloodworms (Diptera)	0	N/A
	Segmented Worm (Oligochaeta)	1	N/A

	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

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