Site visit details

Overview

Catchment Yarra River
Site Karingal Creek (Eltham West Drain) near Fort Knox Self Storage, Eltham West. ME_YDI838
Date and Time Wednesday 9th November 2011 10:50am
Approved Approved

Notes

Physical Chemical Tests

Ammon-Nit mg/L NH3-N N mg/L NH4+ 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 0.08 450 7.7 0.05 22.4 19.5 27
Weather raining
Last rainfall During the last 24 hours 16
Flow estimate Moderate
Water Appearance Muddy
Stream depth 0.3
Stream width 1.5
Hazards
Litter/Pollutants bottles,cans,plastic
Flattened grass indicated recent heavy flow. Turbidity was higher than at the Susan Street (YDI847) site There was a family of ducklings in the waterway today

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