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ME_EBA300 Balcombe Creek at end of Mt Eliza Park off Claremont Street path
5 September 2009
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Overview
Catchment | Bunyip River |
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Site | Balcombe Creek at end of Mt Eliza Park off Claremont Street path ME_EBA300 |
Date and Time | Saturday 5th September 2009 09:20am |
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 | |
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Sample | 0 | 4 | 1600 | 0.03 | 6.7 | 12 | 10 | 10 |
Weather | Sunny |
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Last rainfall | Last 3 days |
Flow estimate | Fast |
Water Appearance | |
Stream depth | 40.00 |
Stream width | 2.00 |
Hazards | |
Litter/Pollutants |
We did another test for the Macroinvertebrates and the result was 1 Mosquito Larvae and a small amount of Copepods. Still have concerns that this section of the creek has some issues that we are just not picking up as everything else appears to be fine.
Creatures Waterwatch method
Total bug score | ||
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Total abundance | 0 - 35 | 35+ |
0 - 200 | Poor | Good |
200+ | Fair | Very good |
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