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 - 19-12-2023
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 30-04-2023 27-05-2023 12-09-2023 02-10-2023 16-11-2023 19-12-2023
Observation #15510 #15559 #15825 #15773 #15900 #15921

Observation summaries

Turbidity NTU

30-04-2023 27-05-2023 12-09-2023 02-10-2023 16-11-2023 19-12-2023
Top 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.0
Bottom 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.0

pH

30-04-2023 27-05-2023 12-09-2023 02-10-2023 16-11-2023 19-12-2023
Top 7.8 7.6 8.1 7.5 7.5 7.8
Bottom 8.0 7.9 8.1 7.8 7.9 7.7

Ammonia mg/L

30-04-2023 27-05-2023 12-09-2023 02-10-2023 16-11-2023 19-12-2023
Top
Bottom

Enterococci orgs/100mL

30-04-2023 27-05-2023 12-09-2023 02-10-2023 16-11-2023 19-12-2023
Top
Bottom

Temperature ° C

30-04-2023 27-05-2023 12-09-2023 02-10-2023 16-11-2023 19-12-2023
Top 19.40 13.00 16.10 19.70 18.70 19.70
Bottom 14.80 12.40 15.90 16.40 18.60 20.10

Salinity ppt

30-04-2023 27-05-2023 12-09-2023 02-10-2023 16-11-2023 19-12-2023
Top 31.80 15.90 15.90
Bottom 37.30 17.70 16.10

D.O. mg/L

30-04-2023 27-05-2023 12-09-2023 02-10-2023 16-11-2023 19-12-2023
Top 7.37 10.78 9.63 7.71 7.47 7.92
Bottom 8.18 7.19 9.66 8.46 7.52 3.23

D.O. % Sat

30-04-2023 27-05-2023 12-09-2023 02-10-2023 16-11-2023 19-12-2023
Top 80.20 102.80 107.10 84.60 80.30 86.80
Bottom 80.90 67.60 107.20 86.90 80.60 35.60

Conductivity mS/cm

30-04-2023 27-05-2023 12-09-2023 02-10-2023 16-11-2023 19-12-2023
Top 43.40 24.70 23.30 22.80
Bottom 45.20 24.80 23.90 23.10
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