Site visit details

Overview

Catchment Yarra River
Site Darebin Creek at Darebin Parklands, ford (dog crossing) U/S railway bridge. ME_YDA558
Date and Time Friday 21st June 2019 10:15am
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 Nitrate mg/L pH pH Units rP mg/L P Air ° C Water ° C Turb NTU
Sample 0.03 92.04 10 320 7.2 0.07 11.5 11.6 21
Weather cloudy
Last rainfall Raining now 0.00
Flow estimate HIGH: Less than bankfull and in-stream habitats connected
Water Appearance Milky
Stream depth 0 - 50cm
Stream width > 5m
Hazards
Litter/Pollutants plastic,packets

With Alisa Fisher

Recent rains have broken a drought since early Dec 2018.

There was 23.4 mm rainfall recorded at Ivanhoe over the last 7 days.

The rain has made the creek quite turbid, and recent rain broke the banks.

Diary photos

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