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CO_MOO020 Moorabool River @ Coopers Bridge on Steiglitz Rd, Meredith

5 August 2010

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Site visit details

Overview

Catchment Moorabool River
Site Moorabool River @ Coopers Bridge on Steiglitz Rd, Meredith CO_MOO020
Date and Time Thursday 5th August 2010 11:40am
Approved Approved

Notes

Physical Chemical Tests

D.O. % D.O mg/L EC µS/cm pH pH Units rP mg/L P Air ° C Water ° C P mg/L Turb NTU
Sample 95 10.7 2200 8.6 0.015 12 9.3 9
Weather
Last rainfall
Flow estimate
Water Appearance
Stream depth
Stream width
Hazards
Litter/Pollutants
new ccma monitoring station installed today. Cloudy, rained 5.6mm last 24 hours. Good flow. Moderate flow. Clear. Level 50 mm higher than 5/7/2010. almost full width shallow up stream of bridge. 51cm-1m deep, >5m wide. Point source: upstream side stream flowing. Litter: paper, packets, bottles, cans, cig. Butts, rope. Visitation down in winter = less rubbish. pH strips measure lower between 8.0 and 8.5

Creatures Waterwatch method

Image Species Score Quantity
Total bug score
Total abundance 0 - 35 35+
0 - 200 Poor Good
200+ Fair Very good
Total abundance: 0 Total score: 0 Overall rating: Poor

Diary photos

No diary entries recorded for this visit

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