Site visit details

Overview

Catchment Yarra River
Site Diamond Creek, Railway Pde, Eltham ME_YDI810
Date and Time Saturday 21st July 2012 09:00am
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 NTU
Sample 0 8 330 7.3 0.05 7.2 9.4 45
Weather cloudy
Last rainfall During the last 24 hours
Flow estimate MEDIUM: flow is normal/typical average flow
Water Appearance Muddy
Stream depth 0.85
Stream width 12.0
Hazards
Litter/Pollutants paper,plastic
Other litter included roadworks orange safety mesh. We shook the sample water prior to the turbidity test, filtered each water sample & warmed the water sample for the phosphate & ammonium tests. We noted zero ammonium compared to the 0.10 at Hurstbridge on Thursday. Also the water level was 200 mm higher today to nearly covering the bank edge where we stand on to collect our water sample.

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