Site visit details

Overview

Catchment Yarra River
Site Watsons Creek at Eltham Yarra Glen Road (under road bridge), Kangaroo Ground ME_YWA500
Date and Time Sunday 6th July 2008 15:15pm
Approved Approved

Notes

Physical Chemical Tests

Ammon-Nit mg/L NH3-N D.O mg/L EC µS/cm FrP mg/L P Nitrate-Nit mg/L N pH pH Units Air ° C Water ° C Turb NTU
Sample 4300 5.5 15 6 10
Weather Cloudy
Last rainfall Last 3 days
Flow estimate Trickle
Water Appearance
Stream depth 60.00
Stream width 2.00
Hazards
Litter/Pollutants
Waterway width and depth estimated. Adjacenty land use is rural residential with some commerical businesses close by. As site is located under major orad in the area, there was a lot of rubbish- a litter survey was completed. There was a large drain (600mm diameter) located 200 metres upstream of monitoring site, with a trickle flow of light green water and oils added to Watsons Creek.

Habitat

Migrated from old Melbourne data
Bank Erosion Stability Bank Vegetation In Stream Cover Riffles Pools Bends Verge Vegetation Overall
Good 4 Poor 4 Good 8 Poor 2 Fair 6 Fair 24

Diary photos

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