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Overview

Catchment Dandenong
Site Dandenong Creek ME_DDA200
Date and Time Sunday 3rd June 2018 10:00am
Approved Approved

Notes

Physical Chemical Tests

Ammon-Nit mg/L NH3-N N mg/L NH4+ D.O. % 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 FTU Turb NTU
Sample 0 30.28 3.6 240 6.6 0.11 7.2 7.8 43
Weather cloudy
Last rainfall
Flow estimate MEDIUM: flow is normal/typical average flow
Water Appearance Clear
Stream depth
Stream width
Hazards
Litter/Pollutants

First test after completion of the freeway works that prevented testing for many months. The dam is now reinstated in the creek and water levels are back to normal in the creek and wetlands. However, there was an abnormal event upstream about a week ago, where large amounts of foam were in the creek.

Depth about 1.35m in the wetlands at the inlet.

Present: Ian, Julie, Dorothea, Malcolm

Creatures Waterwatch method

Image Species Score Quantity
Water mites (Acarina) Water mites (Acarina) 5 1
Aquatic Beetles - Diving Beetles, Whirligig Beetles (Coleoptera) Aquatic Beetles - Diving Beetles, Whirligig Beetles (Coleoptera) 3 1
True Bugs - Backswimmers, Water-boatmen, Water-striders (Hemiptera) True Bugs - Backswimmers, Water-boatmen, Water-striders (Hemiptera) 4 10
Non Biting Midge Larvae - Bloodworms (Diptera) Non Biting Midge Larvae - Bloodworms (Diptera) 1 5
Total bug score
Total abundance 0 - 35 35+
0 - 200 Poor Good
200+ Fair Very good
Total abundance: 17 Total score: 13 Overall rating: Poor

Diary photos

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