Site visit details

Overview

Catchment Moorabool River
Site Moorabool River @ old Fyansford bridge CO_MOO090
Date and Time Thursday 28th January 2016 18:30pm
Approved Approved

Notes

Physical Chemical Tests

No physical chemical tests recorded on this visit
D.O. % D.O mg/L EC µS/cm pH pH Units rP mg/L P Air ° C Water ° C Turb NTU
Sample
Weather cloudy
Last rainfall During the last 24 hours 42
Flow estimate MEDIUM: flow is normal/typical average flow
Water Appearance Stained brown
Stream depth 1m - 2m
Stream width 2m - 5m
Hazards no
Litter/Pollutants
Sample was taken approximately 24 hours after a very big rain (42 mm). The water was brown because the Moorabool River would carry a lot of sediments at this time. Hence the turbidity and the result from Reactive Phosphorus was very high. The sample had to be diluted by 1:5.

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