Site visit details

Overview

Catchment Yarra River
Site Karingal Creek, crn Susan and Brougham St, Eltham ME_YDI847
Date and Time Tuesday 23rd April 2019 10:20am
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 NTU
Sample 0.3 51.38 5 510 4.2 0.6 18.2 16.6 17
Weather overcast
Last rainfall During the last week 0.80
Flow estimate LOW: Minimum flow in channel/continuous flow in some part of channel (in-stream habitats connected)
Water Appearance Scummy,Oily
Stream depth Other:20cm
Stream width Other:4 metres
Hazards
Litter/Pollutants bottles,oil,paper,plastic,cans,packets

The Ammonium reading was higher than normal,
but the Phosphate was extremely high (a 1:3 dilution was required in order to obtain a reading).
And the pH was abnormally low.
These figures were vastly different from the readings from the Fort Knox site [YDI 838] sampled a short while earlier upstream, all of which were relatively normal.

Scummy sludge caught in the rocks [IMG_1485)
Oil  slick on the surface near the exit from the underground section (IMG_1482]

Diary photos

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