Site details

Overview

Estuary Painkalac Creek Estuary
CMA Corangamite CMA
Type Physico-Chemical
Site code P5
Site name Woods Property Fairhaven
Nearest road and town Bimbadeen Drive, Fairhaven
Description Fishing jetty at private property. Property owner consent required for access.
Site access Access through woods property (i.e. private property) along estuary bank towards the fishing platform.
Land use
  • Rural Grazing
  • Rural Residential
Land use description Open space
Status Active
Observation history 23-05-2007 - 12-02-2023
Photo of Site P5
Photo of phys/chem site P5

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 09-04-2022 08-05-2022 10-07-2022 11-09-2022 13-11-2022 10-12-2022 15-01-2023 12-02-2023
Observation #14601 #14673 #14918 #15005 #15148 #15188 #15225 #15283

Observation summaries

Turbidity NTU

09-04-2022 08-05-2022 10-07-2022 11-09-2022 13-11-2022 10-12-2022 15-01-2023 12-02-2023
Top 9.0 9.0 9.0 12.0 9.0 13.5 12.0
Bottom 9.0 9.0 9.0 12.0 21.0 9.0 9.0

pH

09-04-2022 08-05-2022 10-07-2022 11-09-2022 13-11-2022 10-12-2022 15-01-2023 12-02-2023
Top 6.9 6.8 6.9 7.1 7.0 5.0 6.9 6.6
Bottom 6.9 7.0 6.7 6.9 7.0 7.2 7.1 6.8

Ammonia mg/L

09-04-2022 08-05-2022 10-07-2022 11-09-2022 13-11-2022 10-12-2022 15-01-2023 12-02-2023
Top
Bottom

Enterococci orgs/100mL

09-04-2022 08-05-2022 10-07-2022 11-09-2022 13-11-2022 10-12-2022 15-01-2023 12-02-2023
Top
Bottom

Temperature ° C

09-04-2022 08-05-2022 10-07-2022 11-09-2022 13-11-2022 10-12-2022 15-01-2023 12-02-2023
Top 21.40 13.70 10.10 14.40 18.50 18.30 0.00 24.10
Bottom 21.10 19.70 13.70 14.10 17.60 21.50 0.00 24.60

Salinity ppt

09-04-2022 08-05-2022 10-07-2022 11-09-2022 13-11-2022 10-12-2022 15-01-2023 12-02-2023
Top 23.30 11.80 7.70 1.60 2.40 2.50
Bottom 28.80 27.50 39.90 31.50 38.00 30.20

D.O. mg/L

09-04-2022 08-05-2022 10-07-2022 11-09-2022 13-11-2022 10-12-2022 15-01-2023 12-02-2023
Top 6.64 8.42 8.58 9.85 7.86 7.49 5.28
Bottom 6.85 4.62 2.05 3.13 3.55 8.47 3.61

D.O. % Sat

09-04-2022 08-05-2022 10-07-2022 11-09-2022 13-11-2022 10-12-2022 15-01-2023 12-02-2023
Top 75.10 80.70 75.60 97.10 86.10 79.80 63.80
Bottom 77.00 50.20 19.50 30.70 37.90 96.40 47.50

Conductivity mS/cm

09-04-2022 08-05-2022 10-07-2022 11-09-2022 13-11-2022 10-12-2022 15-01-2023 12-02-2023
Top 34.30 15.50 9.50 2.33 3.89 4.00 7.18
Bottom 41.20 38.40 46.80 38.20 54.30 43.40 25.37
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