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ME_DOJ090 Old Joes Creek - 10 metres before it joins Dandenong Creek (suburb?)

30 March 2012

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Overview

Catchment Dandenong
Site Old Joes Creek - 10 metres before it joins Dandenong Creek (suburb?) ME_DOJ090
Date and Time Friday 30th March 2012 09:15am
Approved Approved

Notes

Physical Chemical Tests

Ammon-Nit mg/L NH3-N N mg/L NH4+ D.O. % 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 FTU Turb NTU
Sample 0.07 46 6.3 820 7.4 0.26 22 16
Weather sunny
Last rainfall During the last week 15
Flow estimate Moderate
Water Appearance Muddy
Stream depth 0 - 50cm
Stream width 2m - 5m
Hazards slippery riparian vegetation
Litter/Pollutants clothing,packets,paper,plastic
There was no thermometer in the kit to take water temperature. Please may we have more phosphate reducing reagent and deiionised water.

Creatures Waterwatch method

Image Species Score Quantity
Freshwater Snails (Gastropoda) Freshwater Snails (Gastropoda) 3 2
Segmented Worm (Oligochaeta) Segmented Worm (Oligochaeta) 1 1
Total bug score
Total abundance 0 - 35 35+
0 - 200 Poor Good
200+ Fair Very good
Total abundance: 3 Total score: 4 Overall rating: Poor

Diary photos

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