Site details

Overview

Estuary Spring Creek Estuary
CMA Corangamite CMA
Type Physico-Chemical
Site code S1
Site name Boardwalk near estuary mouth
Nearest road and town Torquay
Description Boardwalk near estuary mouth
Site access Easily accessed from carpark beside estuary.
Land use
  • Other
  • Recreational
Land use description Road
Status Active
Observation history 24-06-2007 - 19-03-2023
Photo of S1
Photo of phys/chem monitoring site S1

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 08-04-2022 22-04-2022 28-05-2022 01-07-2022 06-08-2022 04-09-2022 10-12-2022 18-02-2023 19-03-2023
Observation #14782 #14809 #14813 #14857 #14923 #15012 #15160 #15293 #15366

Observation summaries

Turbidity NTU

08-04-2022 22-04-2022 28-05-2022 01-07-2022 06-08-2022 04-09-2022 10-12-2022 18-02-2023 19-03-2023
Top 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 11.0 15.0 9.0 9.0
Bottom 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 12.0 19.0 9.0 9.0

pH

08-04-2022 22-04-2022 28-05-2022 01-07-2022 06-08-2022 04-09-2022 10-12-2022 18-02-2023 19-03-2023
Top 8.1 8.0 8.0 7.8 8.1 7.8 7.9 7.4 7.3
Bottom 8.2 8.0 8.1 7.8 8.3 7.9 7.9 7.6 7.5

Ammonia mg/L

08-04-2022 22-04-2022 28-05-2022 01-07-2022 06-08-2022 04-09-2022 10-12-2022 18-02-2023 19-03-2023
Top
Bottom

Enterococci orgs/100mL

08-04-2022 22-04-2022 28-05-2022 01-07-2022 06-08-2022 04-09-2022 10-12-2022 18-02-2023 19-03-2023
Top
Bottom

Temperature ° C

08-04-2022 22-04-2022 28-05-2022 01-07-2022 06-08-2022 04-09-2022 10-12-2022 18-02-2023 19-03-2023
Top 19.70 16.10 13.20 13.00 11.40 14.20 17.50 22.20 20.30
Bottom 19.20 16.00 13.40 12.50 11.70 13.80 17.30 22.00 20.10

Salinity ppt

08-04-2022 22-04-2022 28-05-2022 01-07-2022 06-08-2022 04-09-2022 10-12-2022 18-02-2023 19-03-2023
Top 28.70 27.50 30.20 25.90 17.90 29.20 29.70
Bottom 29.10 27.70 35.40 26.40 18.30 36.00 29.80

D.O. mg/L

08-04-2022 22-04-2022 28-05-2022 01-07-2022 06-08-2022 04-09-2022 10-12-2022 18-02-2023 19-03-2023
Top 9.14 9.50 10.83 9.77 11.17 103.20 8.78 6.06 5.69
Bottom 9.39 9.47 9.49 9.43 8.79 102.70 8.15 6.17 5.57

D.O. % Sat

08-04-2022 22-04-2022 28-05-2022 01-07-2022 06-08-2022 04-09-2022 10-12-2022 18-02-2023 19-03-2023
Top 99.60 95.20 103.70 86.90 103.30 10.71 91.60 69.80 63.00
Bottom 101.20 94.50 91.00 87.50 81.80 10.74 86.90 70.70 61.40

Conductivity mS/cm

08-04-2022 22-04-2022 28-05-2022 01-07-2022 06-08-2022 04-09-2022 10-12-2022 18-02-2023 19-03-2023
Top 39.80 35.40 36.10 31.20 21.45 38.60 43.30
Bottom 39.90 35.60 41.80 31.40 22.10 46.40 43.30
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