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Bunyip River Catchment Melbourne Water Authority|Bunyip River Basin

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

Overview Map Sites 28 Reaches 2 Snapshot Downloads

Overview

Sub catchment name Balcombe Creek
Catchment name Bunyip River
Region Melbourne
Monitoring organisations

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ISC Reaches

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28_2 Devilbend Creek 23.7km Sites 8
28_3 Balcombe Creek 11.3km Sites 5

Active Sites 3

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Site details

ME_EBA800 Balcombe Creek at the footbridge as it exits The Briar's Park, Mt Martha

Active Water Authority Basin Creek 28_2 Devilbend Creek 03-03-2004 - 08-10-2023 87 Site Visits

ME_EBA850 Balcombe Creek at Uralla Rd footbridge, Mt Martha (Complementary site to Melbourne Water Ecowise testing 2008-9)

Active Water Authority Basin Creek 28_2 Devilbend Creek 19-02-2005 - 08-10-2023 72 Site Visits

ME_EBA900 Balcombe Creek at Augusta St Bridge, Mt Martha

Active Water Authority Basin Creek 28_2 Devilbend Creek 17-08-2004 - 06-08-2023 75 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 28_2 28_3
Ammonium mg/L NH4+ Median
Dissolved Oxygen % Saturation % Median 72.9
Dissolved Oxygen mg/L mg/L Median 7.8
Electrical Conductivity µS/cm Median 1360.0
pH pH Units Median 7.5
Reactive Phosphate (mg/L) mg/L P Median
Temperature - AIR ° C Median 13.2
Temperature - WATER ° C Median 12.8
Turbidity - NTU NTU Median 9.0
Total sites in reach 8 5
Total visits in period 29 0
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