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Ba3 Augusta Street
Site details
Overview
| Estuary | Balcombe Creek Estuary |
|---|---|
| CMA | Melbourne Water |
| Type | Physico-Chemical |
| Site code | Ba3 |
| Site name | Augusta Street |
| Nearest road and town | Augusta Street, Mt Martha |
| Description |
Augusta Street Bridge. Monitoring is conducted from the middle of the bridge. This is also a Waterwatch site. |
| Site access |
Park at the end of August Street which is a no through road. Bridge is at the end of the street. |
| Land use |
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| Land use description | |
| Status | Active |
| Observation history | 21-01-2017 - 19-01-2020 |
Observations
Turbidity tubes do not measure below 9 NTU; Chart values of 9 should be interpreted as < 9 NTU
Observations
| Date | 28-04-2019 | 26-05-2019 | 23-06-2019 | 28-07-2019 | 25-08-2019 | 29-09-2019 | 20-10-2019 | 17-11-2019 | 15-12-2019 | 19-01-2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Observation | #12897 | #13281 | #13287 | #13291 | #13316 | #13616 | #13622 | #13626 | #13629 | #13633 |
Observation summaries
Turbidity NTU
| 28-04-2019 | 26-05-2019 | 23-06-2019 | 28-07-2019 | 25-08-2019 | 29-09-2019 | 20-10-2019 | 17-11-2019 | 15-12-2019 | 19-01-2020 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Top | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 |
| Bottom | 15.0 | 15.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 15.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 |
pH
| 28-04-2019 | 26-05-2019 | 23-06-2019 | 28-07-2019 | 25-08-2019 | 29-09-2019 | 20-10-2019 | 17-11-2019 | 15-12-2019 | 19-01-2020 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Top | 7.3 | 7.5 | 7.4 | 6.6 | 6.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | |||
| Bottom | 7.0 | 7.3 | 7.0 | 6.5 | 6.6 | 7.4 | 7.4 |
Ammonia mg/L
| 28-04-2019 | 26-05-2019 | 23-06-2019 | 28-07-2019 | 25-08-2019 | 29-09-2019 | 20-10-2019 | 17-11-2019 | 15-12-2019 | 19-01-2020 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Bottom |
Enterococci orgs/100mL
| 28-04-2019 | 26-05-2019 | 23-06-2019 | 28-07-2019 | 25-08-2019 | 29-09-2019 | 20-10-2019 | 17-11-2019 | 15-12-2019 | 19-01-2020 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Top | ||||||||||
| Bottom |
Temperature ° C
| 28-04-2019 | 26-05-2019 | 23-06-2019 | 28-07-2019 | 25-08-2019 | 29-09-2019 | 20-10-2019 | 17-11-2019 | 15-12-2019 | 19-01-2020 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Top | 14.60 | 11.60 | 7.80 | 9.30 | 10.10 | 12.50 | 12.10 | 14.10 | 18.60 | 22.50 |
| Bottom | 18.80 | 17.40 | 7.80 | 11.60 | 10.60 | 13.60 | 17.00 | 16.90 | 21.50 | 22.60 |
Salinity ppt
| 28-04-2019 | 26-05-2019 | 23-06-2019 | 28-07-2019 | 25-08-2019 | 29-09-2019 | 20-10-2019 | 17-11-2019 | 15-12-2019 | 19-01-2020 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Top | 22.60 | 0.70 | 0.90 | 0.90 | 0.70 | 12.00 | 0.90 | 2.90 | 1.70 | |
| Bottom | 36.40 | 34.40 | 0.90 | 31.00 | 27.70 | 28.10 | 31.90 | 30.80 | 33.00 |
D.O. mg/L
| 28-04-2019 | 26-05-2019 | 23-06-2019 | 28-07-2019 | 25-08-2019 | 29-09-2019 | 20-10-2019 | 17-11-2019 | 15-12-2019 | 19-01-2020 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Top | 10.90 | 0.00 | 23.70 | 27.90 | 31.80 | 33.70 | ||||
| Bottom | 7.00 | 9.96 | 18.36 | 17.20 | 24.40 | 17.10 |
D.O. % Sat
| 28-04-2019 | 26-05-2019 | 23-06-2019 | 28-07-2019 | 25-08-2019 | 29-09-2019 | 20-10-2019 | 17-11-2019 | 15-12-2019 | 19-01-2020 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Top | 0.00 | 0.00 | 198.00 | 244.10 | 206.00 | 340.20 | ||||
| Bottom | 93.90 | 0.00 | 155.80 | 192.00 | 263.00 | 212.40 |
Conductivity mS/cm
| 28-04-2019 | 26-05-2019 | 23-06-2019 | 28-07-2019 | 25-08-2019 | 29-09-2019 | 20-10-2019 | 17-11-2019 | 15-12-2019 | 19-01-2020 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Top | 35.60 | 1.48 | 1.73 | 1.83 | 1.40 | 8.10 | 1.75 | 5.40 | 3.30 | |
| Bottom | 54.80 | 52.20 | 1.79 | 47.80 | 43.20 | 18.10 | 48.70 | 47.10 | 50.20 |
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