Site visit details

Overview

Catchment Yarra River
Site Scotchmans Creek at end of Turner Crt and Crosby Drive, Glen Waverley (Fiander arm) ME_YSC010
Date and Time Sunday 19th June 2011 10:00am
Approved Approved

Notes

Physical Chemical Tests

Ammon-Nit mg/L NH3-N N mg/L NH4+ D.O. % 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 FTU Turb NTU
Sample 670 7.4 12 13 26
Weather overcast
Last rainfall During the last 24 hours 0.5
Flow estimate
Water Appearance
Stream depth
Stream width
Hazards
Litter/Pollutants
More sand is accumulating in the stream beds and apparently smothering the in-stream vegetation at the upstream sites (1a, 1b). The pit controlling flow into the wetlands at site 4 remains blocked by sand. The rain in the past week has not been enough to flow over the pit, and there is no flow through the wetlands ponds (low flows are escaping via the high flow bypass pipe). The visual appearance of all sites is good, with increasing vegetation on the banks. Accumulations of litter are confined to a few locations such as the safety fence adjacent to Blackburn Rd. Cloudiness of the water is a continual problem (on this occasion, coming from the Fiander arm). Turbidity was recorded in NTU's

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