Site details

Overview

Estuary Spring Creek Estuary
CMA Corangamite CMA
Type Physico-Chemical
Site code S4
Site name Footbridge approximately 50m downstream of Aurora Crescent
Nearest road and town Footbridge Aurora Crescent, Torquay
Description

Bank approximately 50m upstream of Aurora Crescent

Site access

Easily accessed via walking from Aurora Crescent.

Land use
  • Other
  • Recreational
  • Urban Residential
Land use description

Road

Status Active
Observation history 08-07-2007 - 04-09-2022

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
Observation #14785 #14812 #14816 #14860 #14926 #15016

Observation summaries

Turbidity NTU

08-04-2022 22-04-2022 28-05-2022 01-07-2022 06-08-2022 04-09-2022
Top 11.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 10.0
Bottom 14.0 9.0 11.0 9.0 9.0 10.0

pH

08-04-2022 22-04-2022 28-05-2022 01-07-2022 06-08-2022 04-09-2022
Top 8.2 8.3 8.0 7.9 8.1 7.6
Bottom 8.2 8.4 8.0 8.0 8.0 7.6

Ammonia mg/L

08-04-2022 22-04-2022 28-05-2022 01-07-2022 06-08-2022 04-09-2022
Top
Bottom

Enterococci orgs/100mL

08-04-2022 22-04-2022 28-05-2022 01-07-2022 06-08-2022 04-09-2022
Top
Bottom

Temperature ° C

08-04-2022 22-04-2022 28-05-2022 01-07-2022 06-08-2022 04-09-2022
Top 21.40 16.60 15.30 11.90 13.50 14.40
Bottom 20.40 17.50 15.70 11.20 14.10 13.60

Salinity ppt

08-04-2022 22-04-2022 28-05-2022 01-07-2022 06-08-2022 04-09-2022
Top 24.60 15.20 35.40 14.10 18.30
Bottom 25.60 24.50 40.60 15.60 22.00

D.O. mg/L

08-04-2022 22-04-2022 28-05-2022 01-07-2022 06-08-2022 04-09-2022
Top 9.53 9.54 10.34 11.50 10.13 10.52
Bottom 8.68 5.82 9.81 11.00 9.89 10.09

D.O. % Sat

08-04-2022 22-04-2022 28-05-2022 01-07-2022 06-08-2022 04-09-2022
Top 107.40 96.80 103.70 105.20 98.70 101.90
Bottom 95.80 60.10 99.90 103.70 97.20 96.00

Conductivity mS/cm

08-04-2022 22-04-2022 28-05-2022 01-07-2022 06-08-2022 04-09-2022
Top 36.00 20.92 43.60 17.50 23.00
Bottom 36.50 33.00 49.80 18.84 27.60
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