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ME_YDI800 Diamond Creek @ Edendale Environment Centre footbridge
4 August 2011
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Overview
Catchment | Yarra River |
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Site | Diamond Creek @ Edendale Environment Centre footbridge ME_YDI800 |
Date and Time | Thursday 4th August 2011 09:35am |
Approved | Approved |
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 | |
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Sample | 0 | 9 | 340 | 8.1 | 0.02 | 21.2 | 13 | 30 |
Weather | windy |
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Last rainfall | More than a week ago 34.4 |
Flow estimate | Rapid |
Water Appearance | Muddy,Foamy/frothy |
Stream depth | 51cm - 99cm |
Stream width | >5m |
Hazards | |
Litter/Pollutants | bottles,packets,plastic |
Other rubbish: 3 balls, drinking straw, plastic chair, 2 pieces of timber, many small bits of plastic in creekside vegetation. What has changed: more branches in the creek, dangerous approaches to the bridge now protected. Acaica dealbata in flower, dead tree besides the creek after floods. Orange mech and shopping trolley still inthe creek. Fauna observed: Rainbow lorikeets, wrens calling Indian mynahs noisy miners
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