Site visit details

Overview

Catchment Yarra River
Site Diamond Creek near Knowle Grove, Hurstbridge ME_YDI500
Date and Time Thursday 29th May 2014 14:00pm
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 7 270 7.2 0.02 17.4 14 0
Weather cloudy
Last rainfall During the last 24 hours
Flow estimate MEDIUM: flow is normal/typical average flow
Water Appearance Muddy
Stream depth 0.48
Stream width 4.5
Hazards
Litter/Pollutants bottles,cans,paper,other
Other litter included a bicycle wheel, there was more litter, what stood out was how green the site was & the water was only slightly muddy. Both the water samples for the phosphate & ammonium were warmed. Coutney joined us today & we walked to view where we could undertake macro-invertebrates study.

Diary photos

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