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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 57 Reaches 3 Snapshot Downloads

Overview

Sub catchment name Plenty River
Catchment name Yarra River
Region Melbourne
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ISC Reaches

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29_9 Plenty River 18.3km Sites 12
29_10 Plenty River 16.2km Sites 6
29_99 Darebin Creek 0.0km Sites 3

Active Sites 1

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Site details

ME_YPL257 Simon Creek, 100 metres upstream from confluence into Plenty River, approx 400 metres south of Carome Homestead, Mernda.

Active Water Authority Basin Creek 29_9 Plenty River 04-12-2019 - 08-06-2023 1 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_9 29_10 29_99
Ammonium mg/L NH4+ Median 0.0
Dissolved Oxygen % Saturation % Median 90.3 86.3
Dissolved Oxygen mg/L mg/L Median 9.0 8.0
Electrical Conductivity µS/cm Median 854.0 925.0
Nitrate NO3 mg/L Median 10.0
pH pH Units Median 7.2 7.8
Reactive Phosphate (mg/L) mg/L P Median 0.1 0.1
Temperature - AIR ° C Median 15.4 20.0
Temperature - WATER ° C Median 14.5 17.9
Turbidity - NTU NTU Median 10.0 19.5
Total sites in reach 12 6 3
Total visits in period 34 0 27
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