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ME_YDI838 Karingal Creek (Eltham West Drain) near Fort Knox Self Storage, Eltham West.
31 December 2015
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 | Thursday 31st December 2015 10:35am |
| Approved | Approved |
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 | 0.5 | 390 | 7.1 | 0.1 | 33.8 | 21.9 | 27 |
| Weather | sunny |
|---|---|
| Last rainfall | During the last week 32 |
| Flow estimate | LOW: Minimum flow in channel/continuous flow in some part of channel (in-stream habitats connected) |
| Water Appearance | Scummy,Milky |
| Stream depth | 0 - 50cm |
| Stream width | 0.75 |
| Hazards | |
| Litter/Pollutants | bottles,cans |
The Ammonium levels at both Fort Knox and Susan St were again very high this month, so it prompted me to also sample further upstream at Nerreman Wetlands, where to my surprise I found the Ammonium to be quite low, indicating that some sort of pollution must be entering the waterway somewhere between Nerreman and Fort Knox. Unfortunately I have not as yet been unable to find a way of accessing the banks of the waterway in this area in order to have a closer look. The Phosphate readings were not unusually high, and were relatively similar across the 3 sites. I sampled at Fort Knox again at about 2:30pm 12/1/16 and the Ammonium was still very high: 0.40 mg/L
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