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P4 The Bend

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Site details

Overview

Estuary Painkalac Creek Estuary
CMA Corangamite CMA
Type Physico-Chemical
Site code P4
Site name The Bend
Nearest road and town Bambra Road, Aireys Inlet
Description Fishing platform at The Bend in the estuary
Site access Accessed via Bambra Road, Aireys Inlet, just north of the intersection with River Road.
Land use
  • Native Bushland
  • Other
  • Urban Residential
Land use description Open space (eastern bank), native bushland (western bank).
Status Active
Observation history 19-10-2007 - 12-03-2023
Photo of P4
Photo of phys/chem site P4

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

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Date 09-04-2022 08-05-2022 11-06-2022 14-08-2022 11-09-2022 22-10-2022 13-11-2022 10-12-2022 16-01-2023 12-02-2023 12-03-2023
Observation #14602 #14674 #14743 #14968 #15004 #15102 #15149 #15187 #15226 #15282 #15373

Observation summaries

Turbidity NTU

09-04-2022 08-05-2022 11-06-2022 14-08-2022 11-09-2022 22-10-2022 13-11-2022 10-12-2022 16-01-2023 12-02-2023 12-03-2023
Top 9.0 12.0 21.0 100.0 9.5 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.0
Bottom 9.0 9.0 9.0 110.0 10.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 28.0

pH

09-04-2022 08-05-2022 11-06-2022 14-08-2022 11-09-2022 22-10-2022 13-11-2022 10-12-2022 16-01-2023 12-02-2023 12-03-2023
Top 8.0 6.7 6.8 7.1 7.1 5.8 6.5 7.2 7.4 7.0 7.0
Bottom 7.5 7.0 6.9 7.4 6.9 7.5 7.9 7.5 7.0 7.5

Ammonia mg/L

09-04-2022 08-05-2022 11-06-2022 14-08-2022 11-09-2022 22-10-2022 13-11-2022 10-12-2022 16-01-2023 12-02-2023 12-03-2023
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Enterococci orgs/100mL

09-04-2022 08-05-2022 11-06-2022 14-08-2022 11-09-2022 22-10-2022 13-11-2022 10-12-2022 16-01-2023 12-02-2023 12-03-2023
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Temperature ° C

09-04-2022 08-05-2022 11-06-2022 14-08-2022 11-09-2022 22-10-2022 13-11-2022 10-12-2022 16-01-2023 12-02-2023 12-03-2023
Top 21.30 12.90 10.10 11.40 13.70 16.50 19.60 19.90 0.00 21.80 20.40
Bottom 18.60 19.60 15.60 14.30 14.20 16.60 16.90 19.90 0.00 24.40 20.70

Salinity ppt

09-04-2022 08-05-2022 11-06-2022 14-08-2022 11-09-2022 22-10-2022 13-11-2022 10-12-2022 16-01-2023 12-02-2023 12-03-2023
Top 25.40 13.80 1.60 2.90 1.80 3.90 1.80 0.00
Bottom 29.80 30.50 33.60 37.20 40.10 7.60 39.60 38.60

D.O. mg/L

09-04-2022 08-05-2022 11-06-2022 14-08-2022 11-09-2022 22-10-2022 13-11-2022 10-12-2022 16-01-2023 12-02-2023 12-03-2023
Top 8.31 8.35 10.29 10.76 9.81 8.04 7.73 9.70 6.30 7.00
Bottom 9.05 4.23 2.93 0.14 1.47 8.21 9.28 1.64 6.05 6.05

D.O. % Sat

09-04-2022 08-05-2022 11-06-2022 14-08-2022 11-09-2022 22-10-2022 13-11-2022 10-12-2022 16-01-2023 12-02-2023 12-03-2023
Top 93.60 78.50 91.40 100.20 95.50 83.10 85.90 106.80 76.30 77.50
Bottom 96.70 46.10 29.50 1.40 14.40 85.20 97.70 22.50 79.40 74.00

Conductivity mS/cm

09-04-2022 08-05-2022 11-06-2022 14-08-2022 11-09-2022 22-10-2022 13-11-2022 10-12-2022 16-01-2023 12-02-2023 12-03-2023
Top 37.00 17.50 2.25 3.95 2.58 5.90 2.62 0.03 16.80 18.00
Bottom 40.30 42.00 41.90 53.10 47.60 11.00 56.60 52.20 24.80 25.55
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