Overview

Sub catchment name Yarrowee/Leigh River
Catchment name Barwon River
Region Corangamite
Monitoring organisations

Map

ISC Reaches

Reach details Options
33_11 Leigh River 33.5km Sites 4
33_12 Leigh River 26.2km Sites 1
33_14 Yarrowee River 34.6km Sites 5
33_15 Yarrowee River 21.1km Sites 12
33_16 Williamson Creek 26.3km Sites 1

Active Sites 8

Site details

CO_LEI010 Leigh River @ Ford, Shelford Bridge

Active Water Authority Basin Other 01-06-1995 - 15-04-2024 10 Site Visits

CO_LWN040 Lake Wendouree, granite ston path opp gardens

Active Water Authority Basin Pond/Wetland 22-04-2015 - 06-09-2023 26 Site Visits

CO_LWN050 Lake Wendouree, Forest St

Active Water Authority Basin Pond/Wetland 19-12-2014 - 06-09-2023 31 Site Visits

CO_LWN060 Lake Wendouree, fishing jetty

Active Water Authority Basin Pond/Wetland 08-04-2015 - 06-11-2023 22 Site Visits

CO_LWN065 Lake Wendouree Opposite Pleasant Street Primary School Ballarat

Active Water Authority Basin Pond/Wetland 21-03-2024 - 17-04-2024 2 Site Visits

CO_LWN070 Lake Wendouree, Olympic precinct, at isthus

Active Water Authority Basin Pond/Wetland 08-04-2015 - 06-09-2023 27 Site Visits

CO_YAR020 Yarrowee R @ Ditchfield Lane, Ballarat

Active Water Authority Basin River 33_15 Yarrowee River 01-09-2010 - 07-09-2023 7 Site Visits

CO_YAR096 Yarrowee R @ Bala St (above STP)

Active Water Authority Basin River 33_15 Yarrowee River 12-03-2011 - 07-09-2023 14 Site Visits

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 33_11 33_12 33_14 33_15 33_16
Dissolved Oxygen % Saturation % Median 83.0 80.3
Dissolved Oxygen mg/L mg/L Median 9.2 8.0
Electrical Conductivity µS/cm Median 584.0 1143.0
pH pH Units Median 7.5 7.3
Reactive Phosphate (mg/L) mg/L P Median 0.0 0.1
Temperature - AIR ° C Median 12.0 13.9
Temperature - WATER ° C Median 9.5 15.4
Turbidity - NTU NTU Median 10.0 13.5
Total sites in reach 4 1 5 12 1
Total visits in period 0 0 0 20 7

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