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Overview

Catchment Yarra River
Site Darebin Creek at Darebin Parklands, ford (dog crossing) U/S railway bridge. ME_YDA558
Date and Time Thursday 29th November 2012 10:30am
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 Nitrate mg/L pH pH Units rP mg/L P Air ° C Water ° C Turb NTU
Sample 0 6 720 7.2 0.15 29 23 15
Weather sunny
Last rainfall During the last week 18
Flow estimate MEDIUM: flow is normal/typical average flow
Water Appearance Clear
Stream depth 0 - 50cm
Stream width >5m
Hazards
Litter/Pollutants plastic
Phosphate quite high. I redid the test to check and got 0.20 on the second try. Most recent similar phosphate result was in Jan 2010 of 0.15. Water level low to medium. Today was the hottest day so far this summer at 38 to 39 degrees predicted.

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