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Yarra River Catchment Melbourne Water Authority|Yarra River Basin

In the Melbourne region, there are four basins. These are the Bunyip River, Maribyrnong River, Werribee River and Yarra River basins. The Yarra River basin contains the Yarra River catchment

Overview Map Sites 40 Reaches 4 Snapshot Downloads

Overview

Sub catchment name Merri Creek
Catchment name Yarra River
Region Melbourne
Monitoring organisations

Map

ISC Reaches

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29_6 Merri Creek 26.2km Sites 3
29_8 Darebin Creek 20.8km Sites 1
29_99 Darebin Creek 0.0km Sites 5
30_7 Deep Creek 76.7km Sites 3

Active Sites 6

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Site details

ME_YED030 Edgars Creek at the Waterfall, Ronald St, Coburg

Active Water Authority Basin Creek 15-04-2007 - 05-04-2024 143 Site Visits

ME_YED070 Edgars Creek, upstream of Edwardes Lake, next to Reservoir Scout Hall, Leamington Street, Reservoir

Active Water Authority Basin Creek 28-03-2006 - 10-03-2024 127 Site Visits

ME_YED075 Edgars Creek at Ameily Cres footbridge, Reservoir

Active Water Authority Basin Creek 28-03-2006 - 10-03-2024 22 Site Visits

ME_YMR112 Merri Creek, u/s of St Georges Rd Bridge, North Fitzroy

Active Water Authority Basin Creek 29_99 Darebin Creek 14-04-2003 - 07-04-2024 199 Site Visits

ME_YMR118 Merri Creek @Ceres East Brunswick

Active Water Authority Basin Creek 13-09-2006 - 15-02-2024 110 Site Visits

ME_YMY005_RD Retention Basin Jack Roper Reserve Broadmeadows

Active Water Authority Basin 10-05-2022 - 24-05-2023 15 Site Visits
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Catchment Snapshot

The catchment snapshot uses site samples to show the median values for the period over each reach of the river.

More details can be found in the Index of Stream Condition report relevant to this region

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Reach values

Reach 29_6 29_8 29_99 30_7
Ammonium mg/L NH4+ Median 0.0
Dissolved Oxygen % Saturation % Median 39.9 86.3 47.5
Dissolved Oxygen mg/L mg/L Median 4.5 8.0
Electrical Conductivity µS/cm Median 540.0 68.0 925.0 321.5
pH pH Units Median 3.6 3.8 7.8 7.5
Reactive Phosphate (mg/L) mg/L P Median 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0
Temperature - AIR ° C Median 5.8 8.5 20.0 16.5
Temperature - WATER ° C Median 5.0 5.0 17.9 13.7
Turbidity - NTU NTU Median 30.0 20.0 19.5 50.0
Total sites in reach 3 1 5 3
Total visits in period 1 1 27 3
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