Site visit details

Overview

Catchment Yarra River
Site Diamond Creek @ Edendale Environment Centre footbridge ME_YDI800
Date and Time Thursday 4th August 2011 09:35am
Approved Approved

Notes

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 9 340 8.1 0.02 21.2 13 30
Weather windy
Last rainfall More than a week ago 34.4
Flow estimate Rapid
Water Appearance Muddy,Foamy/frothy
Stream depth 51cm - 99cm
Stream width >5m
Hazards
Litter/Pollutants bottles,packets,plastic
Other rubbish: 3 balls, drinking straw, plastic chair, 2 pieces of timber, many small bits of plastic in creekside vegetation. What has changed: more branches in the creek, dangerous approaches to the bridge now protected. Acaica dealbata in flower, dead tree besides the creek after floods. Orange mech and shopping trolley still inthe creek. Fauna observed: Rainbow lorikeets, wrens calling Indian mynahs noisy miners

Diary photos

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