Site visit details

Overview

Catchment Bunyip River
Site Sunshine Creek at outfall to Port Phillip Bay, Mt Martha ME_ESU450
Date and Time Monday 4th November 2013 10:31am
Approved Approved

Notes

Physical Chemical Tests

Ammon-Nit mg/L NH3-N 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 95 10 2300 7.9 0.01 16.5 11.5 15
Weather cloudy
Last rainfall During the last 24 hours 2
Flow estimate MEDIUM: flow is normal/typical average flow
Water Appearance Foamy/frothy,Other: Slight foaming on surface / water tinged orange
Stream depth 0 - 50cm
Stream width 0.5
Hazards Steep slope next to roadside
Litter/Pollutants bottles,cans,packets,paper,plastic,polystyrene
A large amount of rubbish is scattered around the rocks on the shore close to the testing site. Most of this seems to be washing up at high tide during recent stormy weather and not necessarily from the creek.

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