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ME_YSA570 Salt Creek at Lower Plenty Road, u/s barrel drain, Rosanna Parklands

20 April 2013

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Site visit details

Overview

Catchment Yarra River
Site Salt Creek at Lower Plenty Road, u/s barrel drain, Rosanna Parklands ME_YSA570
Date and Time Saturday 20th April 2013 09:25am
Approved Approved

Notes

Physical Chemical Tests

N mg/L NH4+ D.O mg/L EC µS/cm pH pH Units rP mg/L P Air ° C Water ° C Turb NTU
Sample 0 8 360 7.6 0.02 13.5 12 50
Weather sunny
Last rainfall During the last week 7
Flow estimate MEDIUM: flow is normal/typical average flow
Water Appearance Milky
Stream depth 0 - 50cm
Stream width 2m - 5m
Hazards Wet rocks
Litter/Pollutants bottles,plastic,other
Area generally clean due to recent clean-up-Australia day. Recent heavy rainfall also washed debris into adjacent drain.

Habitat

Bank Erosion Stability Bank Vegetation In Stream Cover Riffles Pools Bends Verge Vegetation Overall
Good 4 Fair 6 Fair 6 Good 4 Poor 4 Fair 24

Creatures Waterwatch method

Image Species Score Quantity
Total bug score
Total abundance 0 - 35 35+
0 - 200 Poor Good
200+ Fair Very good
Total abundance: 0 Total score: 0 Overall rating: Poor

Diary photos

No diary entries recorded for this visit

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