Site visit details

Overview

Catchment Yarra River
Site Salt Creek, downstream of YSA010 and YSA020 when East and North Central branches combine, Gresswell Forest, Macleod ME_YSA030
Date and Time Saturday 8th September 2012 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 10 210 7.7 0.05 11.9 10.7 22
Weather overcast
Last rainfall During the last 24 hours
Flow estimate MEDIUM: flow is normal/typical average flow
Water Appearance Clear
Stream depth 0 - 50cm
Stream width 2m - 5m
Hazards none
Litter/Pollutants bottles,cans,packets,paper,plastic,polystyrene
Water at this internal combined site is usually of higher quality than samples from YSA 010. However at time of this test regime, pH and conductivity are higher than YSA 010. Suggest that saline or alkaline materials have been leached or collected during flow through forest. Possibly introduced from untested east branch YSA 020.

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