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 Wednesday 2nd April 2014 11:15am
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 0.3 340 6.5 0.15 24.8 19.9 10
Weather overcast
Last rainfall During the last week 7.4
Flow estimate LOW: Minimum flow in channel/continuous flow in some part of channel (in-stream habitats connected)
Water Appearance Clear,Oily
Stream depth 0 - 50cm
Stream width 0.75
Hazards
Litter/Pollutants oil,packets,paper,plastic
The cumbungi and other water plants continue to seriously infiltrate the waterway … almost blocking it in some areas of this site. The oil slick on several sections of the waterway was particularly bad today. I briefly saw a large eel (could actually have been two … very active, thrashing around in the water, perhaps because I had just disturbed it/them) There were ducks on the water (a common sight here) Ammonium and Phosphate were high.

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