Site visit details

Overview

Catchment Otway Coast
Site Wye River, fishing platform above playground CO_WYE100
Date and Time Saturday 6th October 2018 10:40am
Approved Approved

Notes

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
Sample 92.31 9.1 394 7.7 0.045 17 16 1.12
Weather cloudy
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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