Site visit details

Overview

Catchment Loddon River
Site Birch Creek @ Mullers Lane, Smeaton NC_BIR500
Date and Time Friday 15th April 2016 15:00pm
Approved Approved

Notes

Physical Chemical Tests

D.O mg/L EC µS/cm pH pH Units rP mg/L P Air ° C Water ° C Turb NTU
Sample 0 480 8.2 0.25 24 17 10
Weather cloudy
Last rainfall More than a week ago 0
Flow estimate MEDIUM: flow is normal/typical average flow
Water Appearance Clear
Stream depth 1m - 2m
Stream width 2m - 5m
Hazards
Litter/Pollutants
This is the highest Reactive Phoshorus reading I have had for a long time, about 50 ducks on the water over the past 3 weeks, water flow is about 1 meg however water looks very clean and clear some very small patchs of algea on ponds higher up from test site. No rain for ages. 10 milimetres about two weks earlier no run off into creek. DO% Cyberscan still not working propertly.

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