Site visit details

Overview

Catchment Yarra River
Site Karingal Creek (Eltham West Drain) near Fort Knox Self Storage, Eltham West. ME_YDI838
Date and Time Tuesday 23rd April 2019 10:00am
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 0.02 360 6.9 0.1 19.3 15.4 14
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
Stream depth Other:25mm
Stream width Other:75cm
Hazards
Litter/Pollutants bottles,plastic,polystyrene

The waterway is still very overgrown, with sections where the water is not even visible from above.

There was a large area with a lot of speckly froth on the surface, though the ducks didn’t seem to mind [IMG_1479], and there were some unidentified water bugs or small fish breaking the surface in the area too.

Diary photos

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