Site visit details

Overview

Catchment Barwon River
Site Barwon River @ Queens Park Bridge (Zylla Craucar) CO_BAR110
Date and Time Thursday 20th November 2008 11:05am
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 Secchi m Air ° C Water ° C P mg/L Turb NTU
Sample 73 6.7 2100 7.8 0.015 17 18.5 9
Weather
Last rainfall
Flow estimate
Water Appearance
Stream depth
Stream width
Hazards
Litter/Pollutants
Observations: Overcast and Windy (a little). Rained during the last 24 hours. Slow water flow with clear water appearance. pH Strips - 7.0 Litter: Paper and the smell of dog poo! Macro-Survey Conducted: Produced a very good stream condition result based on the high abundance of individuals found.

Creatures Waterwatch method

Image Species Score Quantity
a. Family Parastacidae (freshwater crayfish or yabbies) 5 1
Freshwater shrimp Freshwater shrimp 5 50
Water-boatmen Water-boatmen 4 30
Caddis-fly Larvae (Trichoptera) Caddis-fly Larvae (Trichoptera) 7 40
Damselfly Nymph (Odonata) Damselfly Nymph (Odonata) 6 20
Freshwater slater (Isopoda) Freshwater slater (Isopoda) 5 20
Water mites (Acarina) Water mites (Acarina) 5 30
Freshwater Snails (Gastropoda) Freshwater Snails (Gastropoda) 3 10
Side Swimmer/Scud (Amphipoda) Side Swimmer/Scud (Amphipoda) 4 10
Total bug score
Total abundance 0 - 35 35+
0 - 200 Poor Good
200+ Fair Very good
Total abundance: 211 Total score: 30 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