Site visit details

Overview

Catchment Bunyip River
Site Merricks Beach Drainage: Point where all combined flows actually flow into Western Port Bay ME_EME991
Date and Time Wednesday 30th June 2010 11:00am
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 0.02 400 0.3 10 7.2 11.5 10.4 65
Weather Showers
Last rainfall Last 24 hrs
Flow estimate Fast
Water Appearance
Stream depth 5.00
Stream width 1.00
Hazards
Litter/Pollutants
ecoli = 3500/100ml The build up of sand between the creek outlet and the beach has been unusually high as the creek has not broken through onto the beach since Dec 2009 and as a result the break through has been small and the flow into the bay also small.

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