Waterwatch Data Portal

  1. Waterwatch Data Portal
  2. Barwon River Catchment
  3. CO_SWA060
  4. Site visits
  5. 27-06-2012

CO_SWA060 Blairwood Creek @ Portarlington Rd

27 June 2012

Overview Notes Phy Chem Tests Habitat Diary Photos 0
Site visit details

Overview

Catchment Barwon River
Site Blairwood Creek @ Portarlington Rd CO_SWA060
Date and Time Wednesday 27th June 2012 08:35am
Approved Approved

Notes

Physical Chemical Tests

D.O. % D.O mg/L E coli orgs/100mL EC µS/cm Nitrate-Nit mg/L N pH pH Units rP mg/L P Air ° C Water ° C P mg/L Turb NTU
Sample 92 10.7 500 0.26 8 8 59
Weather cloudy
Last rainfall During the last week 39.5
Flow estimate BANKFULL: High flow within channel capacity and in-stream habitats connected
Water Appearance Muddy,Foamy/frothy
Stream depth 0 - 50cm
Stream width 2m - 5m
Hazards
Litter/Pollutants bottles,plastic
The pH meter wouldn't calibrate -showed E2 error message. I tried calibrating again with fresh buffer 7. Still no good. I soaked the pH bulb in weak HCl. Still couldn't calibrate; I soaked the bulb in buffer 7 solution for several hours.Still wouldn't calibrate. So I gave up.

Habitat

Indigenous vegetation: Water ribbons (in-stream); banks: Spiny Mat-rush, Bower Spinach; Overhanging: Drooping She-oak, Black She-oak, Black Wattle; Introduced (bank): Italian Buckthorn
Bank Erosion Stability Bank Vegetation In Stream Cover Riffles Pools Bends Verge Vegetation Overall
Good 4 Fair 6 Fair 6 Poor 2 Poor 4 Fair 22

Diary photos

No diary entries recorded for this visit

Creative Commons CC BY
All content, files, data and images provided by the Waterwatch Data Portal and Gallery are subject to a Creative Commons Attribution License

Content is made available to be used in any way, and should always attribute Waterwatch and www.vic.waterwatch.org.au