Thompson Creek Estuary

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#15662 16 Jul 2023 Pending Notes:

Very tidal flow. over approximately 4 minutes water movement cycles through completely slack to extremely fast movement under mullet creek bridge (enough sweep to make sampling impossible)

Depth Turb NTU pH Temp ° C Salin ppt D.O. mg/L D.O. % sat EC mS/cm
0.1m 9.0 11.50 39.10 11.94 108.5 55.80
1.3m 9.0 11.70 39.00 11.83 108.1 55.70
#15649 18 Jun 2023 Pending Notes:

Significant tidal movement from Thompson creek up mullet creek severely effected sampling potential. probe could not get below .5m as sweep was pulling under bridge and holding at this height.

same issue occured with top/bottom sampling resulting in only top sample.

Depth Turb NTU pH Temp ° C Salin ppt D.O. mg/L D.O. % sat EC mS/cm
0.1m 9.0 8.3 12.90 38.60 11.39 108.5 55.10
0.5m 9.0 12.90 38.60 11.34 108.3 55.10
#15646 16 Apr 2023 Pending
Depth Turb NTU pH Temp ° C Salin ppt D.O. mg/L D.O. % sat EC mS/cm
0.1m 9.0 8.1 15.30 35.10 8.14 82.6 50.20
0.6m 9.0 8.1 15.30 35.20 8.05 81.7 50.30
#15654 19 Feb 2023 Approved Notes:

Number of fish frames dumped over the bridge into the monitoring site. noted a filleted shark and flathead amongst others.

Lot of fish noted swimming around in the river at Mullet Creek (Mullet? picture attached)

 

Admin - pH unusually high at 9.1 and 9.2 - not recorded

Depth Turb NTU pH Temp ° C Salin ppt D.O. mg/L D.O. % sat EC mS/cm
0.1m 9.0 20.20 38.70 9.21 102.3 55.30
0.9m 9.0 20.30 38.60 9.30 102.0 55.20
#15640 15 Jan 2023 Pending Notes:

not deep enough to get bottom sample

Depth Turb NTU pH Temp ° C Salin ppt D.O. mg/L D.O. % sat EC mS/cm
0.1m 9.0 8.7 21.90 40.90 10.16 116.0 58.40
0.4m 9.0 22.00 40.90 10.13 116.1 58.40
#15637 18 Dec 2022 Pending Notes:

Did not collect bottom sampling as water not deep enough.

Depth Turb NTU pH Temp ° C Salin ppt D.O. mg/L D.O. % sat EC mS/cm
0.1m 9.0 7.7 18.20 27.30 7.05 74.7 39.00
0.4m 9.0 17.40 37.20 7.39 76.8 53.20
#15801 24 Nov 2022 Approved
Depth Turb NTU pH Temp ° C Salin ppt D.O. mg/L D.O. % sat EC mS/cm
0.1m 16.80 8.20 6.97 71.9 11.70
0.9m 16.10 17.40 7.50 77.8 24.90
#15634 20 Nov 2022 Pending Notes:

EC values appeared written down wrong (x.xx) have adjusted these to xx.x which fit much better with the average.

Depth Turb NTU pH Temp ° C Salin ppt D.O. mg/L D.O. % sat EC mS/cm
0.1m 35.0 7.9 17.50 22.10 8.70 92.0 31.60
0.8m 35.0 8.1 17.80 22.50 8.50 91.5 32.20
#15631 21 Aug 2022 Pending Notes:

No fish - erratic

Depth Turb NTU pH Temp ° C Salin ppt D.O. mg/L D.O. % sat EC mS/cm
0.1m 9.0 8.6 10.50 9.29 83.2 11.63
1.0m 9.0 8.3 11.70 12.29 112.8 54.50
#14829 19 Jul 2022 Approved
Depth Turb NTU pH Temp ° C Salin ppt D.O. mg/L D.O. % sat EC mS/cm
0.1m 10.0 7.8 11.00 14.10 8.61 83.8 20.20
0.8m 10.0 7.7 12.50 37.40 2.94 29.5 53.50
#15628 17 Jul 2022 Pending
Depth Turb NTU pH Temp ° C Salin ppt D.O. mg/L D.O. % sat EC mS/cm
0.1m 9.0 7.9 10.60 23.20 9.71 88.4 33.10
1.0m 9.0 8.1 11.40 40.20 4.65 40.9 57.40
#14834 15 May 2022 Pending Notes:

*notes*

did not have turbidity tube to measure

did not register AHD gauge changes on mouth sheet, are as follows:

AHD 0.93m @ 10:23

AHD 0.97 @ 11:02

Depth Turb NTU pH Temp ° C Salin ppt D.O. mg/L D.O. % sat EC mS/cm
0.1m 7.6 15.90 38.30 10.24 104.7 54.70
1.4m 8.2 15.80 38.30 10.25 104.5 54.70
#14836 20 Mar 2022 Pending Notes:

Notes

Turbidity was less than 9

sampling site was full of seaweed making accurate depth profiling difficult. i also believe this may have contributed to the low oxygen readings as this was not consistent with monitoring at the other site.

Monitoring supported by Kayleigh

Depth Turb NTU pH Temp ° C Salin ppt D.O. mg/L D.O. % sat EC mS/cm
0.1m 9.0 7.2 19.50 39.30 0.58 6.3 56.10
0.4m 9.0 7.3 19.10 39.30 0.38 4.1 56.20
#14839 20 Feb 2022 Pending Notes:

Turbidity was less than 9

Supported by kayleigh

Depth Turb NTU pH Temp ° C Salin ppt D.O. mg/L D.O. % sat EC mS/cm
0.1m 9.0 7.7 18.70 39.10 4.10 44.6 55.90
1.1m 9.0 7.7 18.50 39.30 3.90 42.7 56.20
#14842 28 Nov 2021 Pending Notes:

Turbidity on bottom sample measured at less than 9

Depth Turb NTU pH Temp ° C Salin ppt D.O. mg/L D.O. % sat EC mS/cm
0.1m 13.5 7.9 18.20 32.60 7.67 81.3 46.50
0.7m 13.5 8.0 16.30 36.20 6.08 69.3 51.70
#14845 25 Oct 2021 Pending Notes:

Notes - this was an additional sampling in the month, i dont recall why. (potentially to support EEMSS report for opening.)

Depth Turb NTU pH Temp ° C Salin ppt D.O. mg/L D.O. % sat EC mS/cm
0.1m 21.0 8.5 15.90 11.52 116.4 14.89
1.7m 21.0 8.6 16.70 12.32 126.7 15.28
#14847 17 Oct 2021 Pending Notes:

Ashleigh was also present however is not registered to attribute as a volunteer

Depth Turb NTU pH Temp ° C Salin ppt D.O. mg/L D.O. % sat EC mS/cm
0.1m 18.0 8.7 15.20 11.70 9.58 96.2 16.73
1.6m 18.0 8.8 14.90 11.70 9.77 97.3 16.67
#14850 16 May 2021 Pending
Depth Turb NTU pH Temp ° C Salin ppt D.O. mg/L D.O. % sat EC mS/cm
0.1m 9.8 8.5 11.10 31.50 10.44 95.0 45.00
1.0m 9.8 8.3 11.30 34.90 9.52 87.1 49.90
#14081 25 Apr 2021 Approved Notes:

Assisted by Kayleigh (scribe)

Depth Turb NTU pH Temp ° C Salin ppt D.O. mg/L D.O. % sat EC mS/cm
0.1m 9.0 8.4 16.20 41.70 12.10 122.3 59.50
1.0m 9.0 8.4 15.30 41.80 12.00 119.0 59.70
#14077 28 Feb 2021 Approved Notes:

Monitoring assisted by Ashleigh (new member not in system) Toby and Kayleigh.

Depth Turb NTU pH Temp ° C Salin ppt D.O. mg/L D.O. % sat EC mS/cm
0.1m 9.0 7.6 18.80 39.60 2.93 31.7 56.50
0.7m 9.0 7.6 18.40 42.30 0.68 7.3 60.40
#13746 4 Jul 2020 Pending
Depth Turb NTU pH Temp ° C Salin ppt D.O. mg/L D.O. % sat EC mS/cm
0.1m 12.30 30.70 9.60 98.6 35.83
1.0m 12.40 34.90 7.10 87.0 40.30
#13745 20 Jun 2020 Pending
Depth Turb NTU pH Temp ° C Salin ppt D.O. mg/L D.O. % sat EC mS/cm
0.1m 13.70 28.20 6.70 73.0 34.30
1.5m 13.20 34.40 5.36 62.5 40.59
#13680 23 Feb 2020 Approved Notes:

AHD gauge out of the water

several schools of fish

Depth Turb NTU pH Temp ° C Salin ppt D.O. mg/L D.O. % sat EC mS/cm
0.1m 9.0 8.0 21.60 36.40 4.27 48.6 52.00
0.8m 9.0 7.9 21.60 37.90 5.81 66.2 54.20
#13542 19 Jan 2020 Approved Notes:

no flow where we monitored, but strong outflow of Thompson creek

schools of at least 2 different fish species

heron

cristal clear

Depth Turb NTU pH Temp ° C Salin ppt D.O. mg/L D.O. % sat EC mS/cm
0.1m 9.0 7.9 22.90 39.60 9.19 108.8 56.50
0.9m 9.0 7.7 22.90 39.80 9.32 110.2 56.80
#13539 15 Dec 2019 Approved
Depth Turb NTU pH Temp ° C Salin ppt D.O. mg/L D.O. % sat EC mS/cm
0.1m 9.0 8.0 16.10 40.30 8.79 90.1 57.50
1.0m 9.0 8.0 16.20 40.30 8.72 89.5 57.60
#13536 6 Oct 2019 Approved
Depth Turb NTU pH Temp ° C Salin ppt D.O. mg/L D.O. % sat EC mS/cm
0.1m 25.0 8.0 16.80 38.20 10.27 107.7 54.60
0.9m 25.0 8.0 16.40 38.40 8.81 91.1 54.80
#13217 28 Jul 2019 Approved Notes:

Water pulled up for turbidity and pH sampling from the bottom was blackwater with an odor.

Depth Turb NTU pH Temp ° C Salin ppt D.O. mg/L D.O. % sat EC mS/cm
0.1m 51.0 8.4 10.00 12.76 112.6 10.26
2.0m 51.0 7.3 11.30 0.18 1.6 17.27
#13181 30 Jun 2019 Approved
Depth Turb NTU pH Temp ° C Salin ppt D.O. mg/L D.O. % sat EC mS/cm
0.1m 12.5 7.9 9.70 10.00 7.84 69.2 14.26
1.9m 12.5 7.5 12.00 21.30 0.16 1.5 30.40
#13096 26 May 2019 Approved Notes:

1x heron

1x Pacific gull

Depth Turb NTU pH Temp ° C Salin ppt D.O. mg/L D.O. % sat EC mS/cm
0.1m 9.0 8.4 11.80 55.80 8.28 77.0 79.70
1.0m 9.0 8.4 11.80 55.80 8.23 76.6 79.70
#13095 4 May 2019 Approved
Depth Turb NTU pH Temp ° C Salin ppt D.O. mg/L D.O. % sat EC mS/cm
0.1m 28.0 8.5 15.50 60.20 12.95 130.0 86.00
1.0m 28.0 8.5 15.20 62.00 0.25 2.4 88.50
#12976 30 Mar 2019 Approved Notes:

IEC Site Mouth Closed

Depth Turb NTU pH Temp ° C Salin ppt D.O. mg/L D.O. % sat EC mS/cm
0.1m 4.2 8.2 12.60 62.60 4.72 64.8 96.00
0.9m 4.2 8.3 12.70 65.80 3.98 55.0 100.78
#12978 23 Feb 2019 Approved Notes:

IEC Site. Mouth Closed.

Depth Turb NTU pH Temp ° C Salin ppt D.O. mg/L D.O. % sat EC mS/cm
0.1m 3.2 7.8 20.40 60.20 5.32 83.8 92.78
0.9m 3.2 7.9 20.30 60.40 4.39 68.8 93.14
#12977 19 Jan 2019 Approved Notes:

IEC Site. Mouth Closed. Lots of birds white faced heron swamp harrier raverns.

Depth Turb NTU pH Temp ° C Salin ppt D.O. mg/L D.O. % sat EC mS/cm
0.1m 2.3 8.1 22.20 50.80 4.97 76.9 73.70
1.1m 2.3 8.2 21.10 51.00 4.36 66.3 73.90
#12980 20 Dec 2018 Approved Notes:

IEC Site Mouth Closed.

Depth Turb NTU pH Temp ° C Salin ppt D.O. mg/L D.O. % sat EC mS/cm
0.1m 5.9 7.8 23.50 38.40 4.54 66.4 57.50
1.4m 5.9 7.8 23.30 41.40 2.21 32.8 61.60
#12571 2 Dec 2018 Approved
Depth Turb NTU pH Temp ° C Salin ppt D.O. mg/L D.O. % sat EC mS/cm
0.1m 9.0 7.8 20.10 5.30 59.4 57.20
1.6m 9.0 7.3 20.80 3.73 42.5 57.40
#12982 14 Nov 2018 Approved Notes:

IEC Site. Mouth Closed.

Depth Turb NTU pH Temp ° C Salin ppt D.O. mg/L D.O. % sat EC mS/cm
0.1m 1.5 7.9 20.10 36.40 5.48 74.8 55.05
1.4m 1.5 7.9 19.60 36.50 5.14 70.0 55.08
#12495 28 Oct 2018 Approved
Depth Turb NTU pH Temp ° C Salin ppt D.O. mg/L D.O. % sat EC mS/cm
0.1m 9.0 6.8 13.60 39.20 8.70 83.5 56.00
1.4m 9.0 7.6 13.40 39.30 9.07 86.9 56.10
#12492 30 Sep 2018 Approved
Depth Turb NTU pH Temp ° C Salin ppt D.O. mg/L D.O. % sat EC mS/cm
0.1m 9.0 7.8 12.90 38.40 8.33 78.0 54.90
1.1m 9.0 7.8 12.00 39.10 10.29 94.5 55.80
#12363 26 Aug 2018 Approved
Depth Turb NTU pH Temp ° C Salin ppt D.O. mg/L D.O. % sat EC mS/cm
0.1m 9.0 7.8 12.30 10.39 97.0 53.80
1.1m 9.0 7.9 12.50 10.72 100.7 55.60
#12360 29 Jul 2018 Approved Notes:

salinity automatic fill-in didn't work, please correct if calculation is wrong

Depth Turb NTU pH Temp ° C Salin ppt D.O. mg/L D.O. % sat EC mS/cm
0.1m 9.0 7.6 10.50 9.07 82.8 46.90
0.8m 9.0 7.7 10.80 8.30 76.3 47.70
#12243 1 Jul 2018 Approved
Depth Turb NTU pH Temp ° C Salin ppt D.O. mg/L D.O. % sat EC mS/cm
0.1m 9.0 7.6 6.10 38.80 10.35 82.2 55.50
0.7m 9.0 7.5 8.10 43.20 3.37 28.2 61.70
#12097 26 May 2018 Approved
Depth Turb NTU pH Temp ° C Salin ppt D.O. mg/L D.O. % sat EC mS/cm
0.1m 9.0 7.8 11.70 39.30 8.78 80.2 56.10
0.9m 9.0 7.8 11.70 39.30 8.54 78.1 56.10
#12041 28 Apr 2018 Approved
Depth Turb NTU pH Temp ° C Salin ppt D.O. mg/L D.O. % sat EC mS/cm
0.1m 1.7 7.8 17.90 36.20 7.30 95.6 54.70
1.0m 1.7 7.8 17.90 36.20 7.26 95.7 54.72
#12030 27 Mar 2018 Approved Notes:
  • This monitoring is part of the Index of Estuary Condition.  The Yeokal Model 615 was used to conduct the monitoring.
Depth Turb NTU pH Temp ° C Salin ppt D.O. mg/L D.O. % sat EC mS/cm
0.1m 6.8 7.6 18.80 42.80 7.72 107.0 63.42
0.5m 6.8 7.6 18.90 42.80 7.70 106.8 63.45
#11943 9 Mar 2018 Approved Notes:

This monitoring was conducted as part of the Index of Estuary Condition.

Depth Turb NTU pH Temp ° C Salin ppt D.O. mg/L D.O. % sat EC mS/cm
0.1m 17.6 7.5 21.00 38.60 3.47 49.0 57.79
0.4m 17.6 7.5 20.90 38.50 3.43 48.2 57.70
#11883 25 Feb 2018 Approved
Depth Turb NTU pH Temp ° C Salin ppt D.O. mg/L D.O. % sat EC mS/cm
0.1m 9.0 7.9 16.20 40.00 7.87 80.5 57.10
0.8m 9.0 7.9 16.30 40.00 7.80 79.9 57.10
#11750 27 Jan 2018 Approved Notes:

* AHD gauge is consistently not providing measurements due to water level being below the lowest part of gauge. is there the potential to move it to a position that it will be able to provide consistent measurements during low (mouth open) and high (mouth closed) water levels?

* Area surrounding and in the sampling site was being utilised by a large family fishing, swimming and lounging on the beach. while i haven't monitored the site for very long this is the first time ive seen the water utilised in this area.

Depth Turb NTU pH Temp ° C Salin ppt D.O. mg/L D.O. % sat EC mS/cm
0.1m 16.8 7.7 22.90 37.70 4.38 62.8 56.70
0.7m 16.8 7.7 23.10 37.80 4.24 61.5 56.89
#11734 23 Dec 2017 Approved Notes:
  • brown algae, sea lettuce
  • school of fish feeding
  • crabs and sand worms
  • bone-seed growing opposite monitoring site
Depth Turb NTU pH Temp ° C Salin ppt D.O. mg/L D.O. % sat EC mS/cm
0.1m 9.0 7.8 21.50 39.60 8.27 95.0 56.60
0.9m 9.0 7.7 21.40 39.70 8.35 95.4 56.70
#11669 25 Nov 2017 Approved
Depth Turb NTU pH Temp ° C Salin ppt D.O. mg/L D.O. % sat EC mS/cm
0.1m 9.0 7.8 22.60 38.60 8.53 99.5 55.20
0.8m 9.0 7.9 22.60 38.60 8.48 98.8 55.20
#11554 28 Oct 2017 Approved
Depth Turb NTU pH Temp ° C Salin ppt D.O. mg/L D.O. % sat EC mS/cm
0.1m 9.0 6.8 16.10 38.00 7.91 81.2 54.30
0.9m 9.0 7.2 16.20 37.90 7.94 81.5 54.20
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