Waterwatch Data Portal

Notes

Physical Chemical Tests

rainfall: 5.5mm in Last 3 days, 30.5mm in Last 7 Days Litter: 2 straws drinking, 1 plant container-plsatic (Some plastic bottles, some polystyrene and a ball in pit drain), 3 balls Phosphate test done at 19 deg C Ammonium test done at 19.4 deg C What has changed since last time you monitored? Higher conductivity Lower macroinvertebrate count. More rubbish on ledges and in pit drain. What stands out about the site today? Pile of debris still blocking one of the tunnels. Large amount of rubbish, mainly plastic bottles caught up in the area of flattened Cumbungi, upstream from site Ammonium high again Other observations: Wood Ducks, Bronzewings, Mudlarks, Rainbow lorikeets, noisy miners, water level had been much higher.

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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