Site visit details

Overview

Catchment Bunyip River
Site MPVA15 - Dam in Devil Bend Creek catchment ME_EDV700
Date and Time Wednesday 21st April 2010 11:00am
Approved Approved

Notes

Physical Chemical Tests

Ammon-Nit mg/L NH3-N N mg/L NH4+ Cu mg/L D.O mg/L EC µS/cm FrP mg/L P Nitrate-Nit mg/L N pH pH Units rP mg/L P Air ° C Water ° C Turb NTU
Sample 0.01 0 6 2900 8.4 0.25 21 19.6 30
Weather overcast
Last rainfall Raining Now
Flow estimate Slow
Water Appearance Oily,Other: greenish tinge
Stream depth
Stream width
Hazards
Litter/Pollutants
20 mm rainfall 55ML at full, at present 50% full recycled water, winter fill

Creatures Waterwatch method

Image Species Score Quantity
Freshwater Shrimp/Prawn (Atyidae) Freshwater Shrimp/Prawn (Atyidae) 5 3
Toebiters Dobsonflies (Megaloptera) Toebiters Dobsonflies (Megaloptera) 6 1
Beetle larvae (Coleoptera) Beetle larvae (Coleoptera) 4 1
Freshwater Snails (Gastropoda) Freshwater Snails (Gastropoda) 3 2
Side Swimmer/Scud (Amphipoda) Side Swimmer/Scud (Amphipoda) 4 3
True Bugs - Backswimmers, Water-boatmen, Water-striders (Hemiptera) True Bugs - Backswimmers, Water-boatmen, Water-striders (Hemiptera) 4 3
Mosquito Larvae (Diptera) Mosquito Larvae (Diptera) 2 1
Total bug score
Total abundance 0 - 35 35+
0 - 200 Poor Good
200+ Fair Very good
Total abundance: 14 Total score: 28 Overall rating: Poor

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