Site details

Overview

Estuary Barwon River Estuary
CMA Corangamite CMA
Type Physico-Chemical
Site code B5
Site name Tait Point
Nearest road and town Lake Road, Connewarre
Description This site is located to the north of the picnic table located at the end of Lake Road.
Site access Turn off Barwon Heads Road at the Barwon Heads Airport and head to the northern end of Lake Road. The site is located north directly below the picnic table at the end of Lake Road.
Land use
  • Recreational
  • Rural Grazing
  • Rural Residential
Land use description Parks Victoria picnic ground located adjacent to private grazing land.
Status Active
Observation history 10-12-2007 - 20-03-2024
Site B5 (Tait Point)
Phys/chem monitoring site

Map

Observations

C Estuary is closed to the sea. O Estuary is open to the sea. P Perched
Turbidity tubes do not measure below 9 NTU; Chart values of 9 should be interpreted as < 9 NTU

Observations

Date 06-04-2023 04-05-2023 17-05-2023 01-06-2023 21-06-2023 06-07-2023 03-08-2023 16-08-2023 07-09-2023 03-11-2023 15-11-2023 07-12-2023 20-12-2023 01-02-2024 21-02-2024 07-03-2024 20-03-2024
Observation #15393 #15509 #15528 #15594 #15677 #15621 #15689 #15718 #15741 #15888 #15883 #15935 #15931 #16012 #16026 #16048 #16076

Observation summaries

Turbidity NTU

06-04-2023 04-05-2023 17-05-2023 01-06-2023 21-06-2023 06-07-2023 03-08-2023 16-08-2023 07-09-2023 03-11-2023 15-11-2023 07-12-2023 20-12-2023 01-02-2024 21-02-2024 07-03-2024 20-03-2024
Top 12.0 14.0 22.0 25.0 35.0 33.0 100.0 55.0 52.0 9.0 21.0 26.0 50.0 28.0 40.0 16.0 11.0
Bottom 12.0 15.0 75.0 15.0 30.0 40.0 140.0 55.0 150.0 9.0 25.0 30.0 72.0 26.0 160.0 22.0 30.0

pH

06-04-2023 04-05-2023 17-05-2023 01-06-2023 21-06-2023 06-07-2023 03-08-2023 16-08-2023 07-09-2023 03-11-2023 15-11-2023 07-12-2023 20-12-2023 01-02-2024 21-02-2024 07-03-2024 20-03-2024
Top 8.5 9.0 8.1 7.8 8.2 8.2 8.0 8.4 8.3 8.6 8.6 8.4 8.6 8.7 8.1 8.2 9.1
Bottom 8.5 8.9 8.1 7.9 8.3 8.0 8.0 8.4 8.3 8.5 8.6 8.8 8.4 8.6 8.3 8.1 9.6

Ammonia mg/L

06-04-2023 04-05-2023 17-05-2023 01-06-2023 21-06-2023 06-07-2023 03-08-2023 16-08-2023 07-09-2023 03-11-2023 15-11-2023 07-12-2023 20-12-2023 01-02-2024 21-02-2024 07-03-2024 20-03-2024
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Enterococci orgs/100mL

06-04-2023 04-05-2023 17-05-2023 01-06-2023 21-06-2023 06-07-2023 03-08-2023 16-08-2023 07-09-2023 03-11-2023 15-11-2023 07-12-2023 20-12-2023 01-02-2024 21-02-2024 07-03-2024 20-03-2024
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Bottom

Temperature ° C

06-04-2023 04-05-2023 17-05-2023 01-06-2023 21-06-2023 06-07-2023 03-08-2023 07-09-2023 03-11-2023 15-11-2023 07-12-2023 20-12-2023 01-02-2024 21-02-2024 07-03-2024 20-03-2024
Top 18.10 14.40 12.90 13.50 8.60 9.70 11.10 12.50 15.50 18.00 19.60 17.90 19.70 22.40 19.80 18.00
Bottom 18.20 14.60 13.00 13.60 9.20 9.60 11.00 12.50 15.70 18.00 19.80 17.90 20.10 22.50 19.60 18.70

Salinity ppt

06-04-2023 04-05-2023 17-05-2023 01-06-2023 21-06-2023 06-07-2023 03-08-2023 07-09-2023 03-11-2023 15-11-2023 07-12-2023 20-12-2023 01-02-2024 21-02-2024 07-03-2024 20-03-2024
Top 7.70 21.70 14.20 15.70 2.10 2.90 8.40 26.70 22.90 6.60 11.20 10.30 10.00 23.50 25.20
Bottom 7.70 21.70 14.20 16.10 2.10 2.90 8.40 26.70 23.00 7.00 11.20 10.60 20.50 23.50 26.70

D.O. mg/L

06-04-2023 04-05-2023 17-05-2023 01-06-2023 21-06-2023 06-07-2023 03-08-2023 07-09-2023 03-11-2023 15-11-2023 07-12-2023 20-12-2023 01-02-2024 21-02-2024 07-03-2024 20-03-2024
Top 9.74 9.02 9.63 9.19 12.32 10.92 10.71 10.20 9.35 8.28 10.08 8.74 7.94 8.98 7.31 8.24
Bottom 9.66 8.70 9.62 8.38 12.20 11.01 10.79 10.19 9.28 7.86 10.22 8.54 7.93 6.54 7.36 8.38

D.O. % Sat

06-04-2023 04-05-2023 17-05-2023 01-06-2023 21-06-2023 06-07-2023 03-08-2023 07-09-2023 03-11-2023 15-11-2023 07-12-2023 20-12-2023 01-02-2024 21-02-2024 07-03-2024 20-03-2024
Top 104.40 88.10 90.60 88.50 105.10 97.00 96.80 97.20 93.40 88.20 110.00 92.20 87.30 104.30 79.60 86.90
Bottom 103.60 88.30 90.50 80.80 107.50 97.80 97.10 96.70 93.00 83.80 112.00 89.90 87.80 70.20 79.90 89.40

Conductivity mS/cm

06-04-2023 04-05-2023 17-05-2023 01-06-2023 21-06-2023 06-07-2023 03-08-2023 07-09-2023 03-11-2023 15-11-2023 07-12-2023 20-12-2023 01-02-2024 21-02-2024 07-03-2024 20-03-2024
Top 10.97 31.00 20.25 22.40 15.72 2.94 4.09 11.99 38.20 32.70 9.45 15.95 14.76 14.28 33.50 36.00
Bottom 10.96 31.00 20.35 23.00 21.20 3.00 4.08 11.95 38.20 32.80 10.05 16.02 15.08 29.30 33.50 38.20
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