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CO_WYE100 Wye River, fishing platform above playground
6 October 2018
Site visit details
Overview
Catchment | Otway Coast |
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Site | Wye River, fishing platform above playground CO_WYE100 |
Date and Time | Saturday 6th October 2018 10:40am |
Approved | Approved |
Physical Chemical Tests
D.O. % | D.O mg/L | EC µS/cm | pH pH Units | rP mg/L P | Air ° C | Water ° C | Turb NTU | |
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Sample | 92.31 | 9.1 | 394 | 7.7 | 0.045 | 17 | 16 | 1.12 |
Weather | cloudy |
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Last rainfall | During the last week |
Flow estimate | MEDIUM: flow is normal/typical average flow |
Water Appearance | Clear |
Stream depth | Other: |
Stream width | > 5m |
Hazards | care moving near river bank |
Litter/Pollutants | plastic,cans,packets |
There is algae growing in the river near the fishing platform.
The river flow is very slow - but consistent with the flow in the past - so have called it average.
We did spot a couple of decent sized fish, ( 12cm).
The phosophate level is consistently high - is this a concern?
Yvonne, Anne and Mark and me worked at WW.
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