Barwon River

Overview

Catchment name	Barwon River
Region	Corangamite
Monitoring organisations	CO_Ballarat Christian College 1 CO_Bamganie & Meredith Landcare Group 1 CO_Bannockburn Primary School 1 CO_Bellarine Catchment Network 6 CO_Birregurra Primary School 1 CO_Borrell-a-kandelop monitoring group 3 CO_Brisbane Ranges Landcare Group 1 CO_Christian College Drysdale Campus 1 CO_Clifton Springs Primary School 1 CO_Curdies River and Scotts Creek 1 CO_CVA Geelong Wetland rehab monitors 2 CO_Friends of Begola 1 CO_Friends of Waurn Ponds Creek 1 CO_Fyans Park Primary School 1 CO_Geelong College 1 CO_Geelong East Primary School 1 CO_Grovedale Primary School 1 CO_Indented Head Community Assoc 4 CO_Individual Monitors 16 CO_Inverleigh Primary School 1 CO_Lake Colac catchment group 13 CO_Leigh Catchment Group in Buninyong 4 CO_Leigh River Catchment Monitors 2 CO_Leopold Primary School 1 CO_Lethbridge Primary School 1 CO_Mandama Primary School 1 CO_Marine Discovery Centre 1 CO_Matthew Flinders Girls Secondary College 1 CO_Moorabool Catchment Monitors 1 CO_Pt Lonsdale Primary School 1 CO_Sacred Heart College 1 CO_Southern Otway LC Network 14 CO_St Alipius PS 1 CO_St Aloysius PS 1 CO_St Joseph's College 1 CO_St Thomas Primary School 1 CO_St. Francis Xavier College Primary School 1 CO_Upper Barwon Landcare Network 14 NE_Landcare- Mudgegonga LCG 1

Map

Sub catchments

Sub catchment details	Options
Barwon River	Sites 42
Birregurra Creek	Sites 0
Boundary Creek	Sites 1
Bruce Creek	Sites 2
Cargarie Creek	Sites 0
Deans Marsh Creek	Sites 1
East Branch Barwon River	Sites 0
Gosling Creek	Sites 0
Hodges Creek	Sites 0
Jerringot Wetlands	Sites 1
Lake Murdeduke	Sites 1
Mia Mia Creek	Sites 0
Native Hut Creek	Sites 0
Ross Creek	Sites 0
Sandy Creek	Sites 0
Swan Bay	Sites 9
Warrambine Creek	Sites 0
Waurn Ponds Creek	Sites 3
West Branch Barwon River	Sites 1
Williamson Creek	Sites 4
Woodbourne Creek	Sites 0
Yarrowee/Leigh River	Sites 21

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Reach details			Options
32_1	Moorabool River	20.1km	Sites 1
33_1	Barwon River	7.2km	Sites 3
33_2	Barwon River	36.8km	Sites 33
33_4	Barwon River	45.9km	Sites 3
33_5	Barwon River	30.2km	Sites 3
33_6	Barwon River West Branch	23.7km	Sites 3
33_8	Waurn Ponds	24.6km	Sites 11
33_9	Bruce Creek	27.3km	Sites 2
33_10	Native Hut Creek	47.0km	Sites 1
33_11	Leigh River	33.5km	Sites 7
33_12	Leigh River	26.2km	Sites 1
33_13	null	18.6km	Sites 3
33_14	Yarrowee River	34.6km	Sites 4
33_15	Yarrowee River	21.1km	Sites 11
33_16	Williamson Creek	26.3km	Sites 2
33_19	Warrambine Creek	49.1km	Sites 1
33_20	Scrubby Creek	16.9km	Sites 3
33_21	Retreat Creek	12.6km	Sites 2
33_23	Penny Royal Creek	14.3km	Sites 5
33_24	Penny Royal Creek	10.4km	Sites 1
33_25	Dewing Creek	7.6km	Sites 5
33_33	Boundary Creek	19.4km	Sites 2
34_18	Spring Gully Creek	21.8km	Sites 2
34_20	Rarongarook Creek	16.5km	Sites 1
35_18	Muree Creek	30.2km	Sites 1
35_24	Love Creek	10.0km	Sites 3
35_35	Spring Creek	18.5km	Sites 1
35_36	Thompson Creek	17.8km	Sites 1
35_99	Angelsea River	0.0km	Sites 1

Active Sites 37

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Site details
CO_BAR010 Barwon River below West Barwon Reservoir at Forrest Active Water Authority Basin River 33_6 Barwon River West Branch 04-05-1995 - 25-11-2019 176 Site Visits
CO_BAR016 Barwon River @ Colac Murroon Rd Active Water Authority Basin Other 33_5 Barwon River 25-02-2005 - 20-08-2019 154 Site Visits
CO_BAR020 Barwon River@Birregurra above Birregurra-Deans Marsh Road Active Water Authority Basin River 33_5 Barwon River 18-07-1995 - 24-05-2019 197 Site Visits
CO_BAR030 Barwon River @ Conns Lane (Birregurra) Active Water Authority Basin Other 33_5 Barwon River 27-02-1995 - 30-07-2019 160 Site Visits
CO_BAR040 Barwon River @ Deans Marsh-Winchelsea Rd Bridge Active Water Authority Basin River 33_4 Barwon River 18-05-2005 - 13-08-2019 132 Site Visits
CO_BAR060 Barwon River @ Winchelsea, Princess Hwy Bridge Active Water Authority Basin Other 33_4 Barwon River 22-06-1995 - 16-08-2019 196 Site Visits
CO_BAR062 Barwon River @ McFarlanes Lane Winchelsea Active Water Authority Basin River 26-09-2017 - 01-08-2019 31 Site Visits
CO_BAR100 Barwon River @ Buckleys Falls Active Water Authority Basin River 33_1 Barwon River 30-03-2004 - 22-11-2019 76 Site Visits
CO_BAR110 Barwon River @ Queens Park Bridge (Zylla Craucar) Active Water Authority Basin River 33_2 Barwon River 19-05-1995 - 17-03-2031 377 Site Visits
CO_BAR132 Barwon River @ Balyang, Canoe Club platforms Active Water Authority Basin River 33_2 Barwon River 01-03-2006 - 03-09-2019 15 Site Visits
CO_BAR161 Barwon River @upper Break, upstream of Breakwater Rd bridge west bank Active Water Authority Basin River 33_8 Waurn Ponds 09-01-1997 - 20-09-2019 140 Site Visits
CO_BAR165 Barwon River Ozone Road Jetty Active Water Authority Basin River 22-08-2018 - 15-10-2019 4 Site Visits
CO_BOU009 Boundary Creek Active Water Authority Basin Other 33_33 Boundary Creek 13-04-2004 - 07-08-2019 168 Site Visits
CO_BRU100 Bruces Creek @ Bannockburn Active Water Authority Basin Creek 33_9 Bruce Creek 31-03-2006 - 09-10-2019 25 Site Visits
CO_DEM010 Deans Marsh Creek Active Water Authority Basin Other 28-02-2005 - 13-08-2019 115 Site Visits
CO_DEW010 Dewings Creek Active Water Authority Basin Other 33_25 Dewing Creek 14-06-2007 - 24-05-2019 106 Site Visits
CO_JER010 Jerringot Wetlands @ Belmont (adjacent to the Barwon River) Active Water Authority Basin Other 33_2 Barwon River 23-11-1995 - 24-11-2019 81 Site Visits
CO_LCN020 Connewarre Wetland Centre Active Water Authority Basin Dam 27-03-2019 - 27-03-2019 0 Site Visits
CO_LWN040 Lake Wendouree, granite ston path opp gardens Active Water Authority Basin Pond/Wetland 22-04-2015 - 26-08-2019 10 Site Visits
CO_LWN050 Lake Wendouree, Forest St Active Water Authority Basin Pond/Wetland 19-12-2014 - 12-04-2019 17 Site Visits
CO_LWN060 Lake Wendouree, fishing jetty Active Water Authority Basin Pond/Wetland 08-04-2015 - 10-04-2019 8 Site Visits
CO_LWN070 Lake Wendouree, Olympic precinct, at isthus Active Water Authority Basin Pond/Wetland 08-04-2015 - 12-04-2019 11 Site Visits
CO_MAT065 Mathews Creek @ Deepdene Active Water Authority Basin Other 04-07-2007 - 24-05-2019 104 Site Visits
CO_PAK001 Wetland at end of Pakington st, Newtown Active Water Authority Basin Pond/Wetland 33_2 Barwon River 15-12-2008 - 19-11-2019 108 Site Visits
CO_PEN060 Pennyroyal Creek at Wildwood Bridge Active Water Authority Basin Other 33_24 Penny Royal Creek 03-08-2007 - 30-07-2019 91 Site Visits
CO_PEN070 Pennyroyal Creek - Pennyroyal Station Rd bridge Active Water Authority Basin Other 33_23 Penny Royal Creek 04-07-2007 - 30-07-2019 99 Site Visits
CO_PEN080 Pennyroyal Creek upstream of bridge on Birregurra - Deans Marsh Rd Active Water Authority Basin Other 33_23 Penny Royal Creek 28-02-2005 - 13-08-2019 115 Site Visits
CO_PEN085 Pennyroyal Creek @ Rifle butts rd Active Water Authority Basin Other 33_23 Penny Royal Creek 02-08-2007 - 13-08-2019 101 Site Visits
CO_PEN090 Pennyroyal Creek - Cape Otway Rd Active Water Authority Basin Other 33_23 Penny Royal Creek 05-12-2005 - 30-07-2019 106 Site Visits
CO_SWA110 Lake Victoria outlet @ Bellarine Hwy Active Water Authority Basin Other 24-09-1996 - 17-11-2019 235 Site Visits
CO_SWA130 Begola Wetlands @ Emperor Drive Active Water Authority Basin Pond/Wetland 03-09-1998 - 30-11-2019 169 Site Visits
CO_SWA134 Bonnyvale stormwater channel near Green Crt, Ocean Grove Active Water Authority Basin Other 14-07-2008 - 17-11-2019 139 Site Visits
CO_SWA140 Lake Victoria @ Hollywood Estate, (Emily St wetlands) Active Water Authority Basin Other 19-08-1997 - 16-12-2019 295 Site Visits
CO_SWA145 Lake Victoria Active Water Authority Basin Other 22-10-1999 - 16-12-2019 224 Site Visits
CO_TestSite CCMA Test Site Active Water Authority Basin 08-05-2019 - 06-08-2019 3 Site Visits
CO_WES010 West Barwon River @ 7 bridges Road Active Water Authority Basin Other 33_6 Barwon River West Branch 09-05-2006 - 24-05-2019 122 Site Visits
CO_WIL010 Williamsons Creek Active Water Authority Basin Creek 33_16 Williamson Creek 10-07-1995 - 06-12-2019 258 Site Visits

Catchment Snapshot

The catchment snapshot uses site samples to show the median values for the period over each reach of the river.

More details can be found in the Index of Stream Condition report relevant to this region

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Reach values

Reach	32_1	33_1	33_2	33_4	33_5	33_6	33_8	33_9	33_10	33_11	33_12	33_13	33_14	33_15	33_16	33_19	33_20	33_21	33_23	33_24	33_25	33_33	34_18	34_20	35_18	35_24	35_35	35_36	35_99
Dissolved Oxygen % Saturation % Median	76.7	80.7	47.0	78.2	74.1	70.4	69.2	10.4		31.6			56.4	70.6	53.1				40.2		79.4	29.2	41.4	30.2
Dissolved Oxygen mg/L mg/L Median	7.5	8.2	5.3	8.1	7.1	7.4	6.6	1.0		2.6			5.3	7.6	6.5				4.1		7.8	2.8	4.5	3.1
Electrical Conductivity µS/cm Median	1627.5	1752.5	767.5	1207.0	544.0	185.0	2190.0	375.0		902.5			538.0	741.0	1641.5				697.0		287.0	799.0	472.0	1418.0					6400.0
pH pH Units Median	7.5	8.0	7.0	6.2	6.7	7.0	7.4	7.2		4.2			4.0	6.8	8.0				6.1		6.8	3.5	3.4	7.1					3.4
Reactive Phosphate (mg/L) mg/L P Median	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.3		0.0			0.3	0.0	0.0				0.0		0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0
Temperature - AIR ° C Median	11.8	20.1	15.8	18.0	14.0	15.6	19.5	10.0		13.0			12.2	17.8	11.0				18.0		15.0	13.0	4.0	12.0
Temperature - WATER ° C Median	14.5	18.8	13.5	14.0	13.5	12.9	18.5	7.9		12.0			9.1	12.2	9.0				11.5		12.0	12.2	6.0	14.0					6.2
Turbidity - NTU NTU Median	9.8	10.0	10.0	20.0	4.0	8.5	14.0	31.0		2.6			5.0	6.0	11.0				5.0		15.0	2.6		2.8
eDNA presence=1 Median				1.0		1.0																				0.5
Turbidity - FTU FTU Median																							58.5
Total sites in reach	1	3	33	3	3	3	11	2	1	7	1	3	4	11	2	1	3	2	5	1	5	2	2	1	1	3	1	1	1
Total visits in period	21	19	25	2	24	3	15	2	0	1	0	0	1	2	6	0	0	0	8	0	8	13	1	1	0	3	0	0	1

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