Site visit details

Overview

Catchment Yarra River
Site Westgate Park- Saltwater Lake (near Todd Road), Port Melbourne ME_YWP001
Date and Time Sunday 15th February 2015 09:30am
Approved Approved

Notes

Physical Chemical Tests

Ammon-Nit mg/L NH3-N N mg/L NH4+ 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 100600 8.5 22.9 24.3 380
Weather sunny
Last rainfall During the last 24 hours 24
Flow estimate
Water Appearance Milky,Smelly,Other: Pink algae
Stream depth
Stream width
Hazards
Litter/Pollutants
The turbidity from the pink algae prevented me from performing dissolved oxygen and phosphate tests.The salt water lake was particularly low on this occasion.

Diary photos

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