Site visit details

Overview

Catchment Yarra River
Site The Horseshoe Lake ME_YWP008
Date and Time Saturday 11th February 2017 10:55am
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 pH pH Units rP mg/L P Air ° C Water ° C Turb NTU
Sample 99.98 7 51700 8.7 0.05 23.4 28
Weather sunny
Last rainfall During the last week 40.00
Flow estimate
Water Appearance Oily,Other
Stream depth
Stream width
Hazards
Litter/Pollutants

We observed a stilt doing a broken wing routine indicating that it had chicks near by. We think the Ammonium test didn't work because the water was not warm enough for a reaction to take place, it seemed as if there was no colour change at all.

Diary photos

No diary entries recorded for this visit

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