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Overview

Catchment Yarra River
Site Karingal Creek (Eltham West Drain) near Fort Knox Self Storage, Eltham West. ME_YDI838
Date and Time Wednesday 19th February 2020 09:10am
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 0 178 7.5 0.1 16.7 17.6 40
Weather raining
Last rainfall During the last 24 hours 48.00
Flow estimate FLOOD / OVERBANK: flow is high and water level has exceeded bank capacity and is connecting with floodplain
Water Appearance
Stream depth Other:> 90cm
Stream width Other:about 3 metres
Hazards
Litter/Pollutants

I seem to recall it’s not advisable to monitor when the waterway is in flood, but I decided to do it as a one-off as it could be interesting. It was!
[IMG_93 & IMG_97]
The EC reading was amazingly low at both sites.
[I had calibrated the EC meter using a new std. solution]
Most of the other measurements were normal/good.

It was not possible to get an accurate measurement of stream depth, but it was > 90cm

RA  - EC changed from 17.8 to 178

Diary photos

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