Site details

Overview

Estuary Barwon River Estuary
CMA Corangamite CMA
Type Physico-Chemical
Site code B2
Site name Boat Ramp Jetty
Nearest road and town River Parade, Barwon Heads
Description Fishing jetty adjacent boat ramp.
Site access Via Barwon Heads boat ramp carpark
Land use
  • Native Bushland
  • Recreational
  • Urban Residential
Land use description This site is surrounded by a large section of Mangroves, the Barwon Heads boat ramp and the boat ramp carpark.
Status Active
Observation history 20-01-2008 - 15-03-2023
Photo of B2 monitoring site
Photo os phys/chem monitoring site B2

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 07-04-2022 20-04-2022 05-05-2022 18-05-2022 07-07-2022 17-08-2022 01-09-2022 21-09-2022 06-10-2022 19-10-2022 03-11-2022 16-11-2022 21-12-2022 05-01-2023 18-01-2023 02-02-2023 15-02-2023 02-03-2023 15-03-2023
Observation #14585 #14625 #14653 #14676 #14868 #14980 #14987 #15037 #15064 #15092 #15110 #15125 #15195 #15214 #15241 #15261 #15290 #15331 #15363

Observation summaries

Turbidity NTU

07-04-2022 20-04-2022 05-05-2022 18-05-2022 07-07-2022 17-08-2022 01-09-2022 21-09-2022 06-10-2022 19-10-2022 03-11-2022 16-11-2022 21-12-2022 05-01-2023 18-01-2023 02-02-2023 15-02-2023 02-03-2023 15-03-2023
Top 13.0 9.0 13.5 8.0 9.0 0.0 30.0 15.0 80.0 65.0 90.0 300.0 13.5 9.0 0.0 9.0 8.0 9.0 9.0
Bottom 14.0 9.0 14.0 8.0 9.0 0.0 35.0 12.9 70.0 65.0 90.0 200.0 17.0 10.0 0.0 9.0 8.0 9.0 9.0

pH

07-04-2022 20-04-2022 05-05-2022 18-05-2022 07-07-2022 17-08-2022 01-09-2022 21-09-2022 06-10-2022 19-10-2022 03-11-2022 16-11-2022 21-12-2022 05-01-2023 18-01-2023 02-02-2023 15-02-2023 02-03-2023 15-03-2023
Top 7.8 8.1 7.9 8.0 8.0 7.7 7.7 8.1 7.9 6.9 7.3 7.2 8.3 8.0 7.2 8.2 6.5 8.0 8.0
Bottom 7.8 8.0 7.9 8.0 8.1 7.7 7.3 8.1 7.7 7.3 7.1 6.7 8.3 8.0 7.2 6.9 6.5 8.0 8.0

Ammonia mg/L

07-04-2022 20-04-2022 05-05-2022 18-05-2022 07-07-2022 17-08-2022 01-09-2022 21-09-2022 06-10-2022 19-10-2022 03-11-2022 16-11-2022 21-12-2022 05-01-2023 18-01-2023 02-02-2023 15-02-2023 02-03-2023 15-03-2023
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Enterococci orgs/100mL

07-04-2022 20-04-2022 05-05-2022 18-05-2022 07-07-2022 17-08-2022 01-09-2022 21-09-2022 06-10-2022 19-10-2022 03-11-2022 16-11-2022 21-12-2022 05-01-2023 18-01-2023 02-02-2023 15-02-2023 02-03-2023 15-03-2023
Top
Bottom

Temperature ° C

07-04-2022 20-04-2022 05-05-2022 18-05-2022 07-07-2022 17-08-2022 01-09-2022 21-09-2022 06-10-2022 19-10-2022 03-11-2022 16-11-2022 21-12-2022 05-01-2023 18-01-2023 02-02-2023 15-02-2023 02-03-2023 15-03-2023
Top 17.60 15.20 13.30 11.60 11.30 11.30 11.30 14.00 13.10 16.60 13.50 14.10 18.70 18.30 20.70 18.90 19.70 18.70 19.50
Bottom 17.60 15.20 13.30 11.60 11.30 11.30 11.40 13.70 12.80 16.30 13.50 14.30 18.00 18.50 20.10 19.10 19.60 18.70 19.70

Salinity ppt

07-04-2022 20-04-2022 05-05-2022 18-05-2022 07-07-2022 17-08-2022 01-09-2022 21-09-2022 06-10-2022 19-10-2022 03-11-2022 16-11-2022 21-12-2022 05-01-2023 18-01-2023 02-02-2023 15-02-2023 02-03-2023 15-03-2023
Top 35.00 32.10 25.10 27.00 27.40 14.30 3.10 21.00 2.60 0.50 0.50 0.30 23.10 23.20 37.60 37.20 36.70 36.80 36.30
Bottom 35.00 32.30 24.80 27.00 27.40 14.30 2.90 25.90 14.20 0.50 0.50 0.30 25.80 28.80 37.50 37.20 36.80 37.10 36.30

D.O. mg/L

07-04-2022 20-04-2022 05-05-2022 18-05-2022 07-07-2022 17-08-2022 01-09-2022 21-09-2022 06-10-2022 19-10-2022 03-11-2022 16-11-2022 21-12-2022 05-01-2023 18-01-2023 02-02-2023 15-02-2023 02-03-2023 15-03-2023
Top 7.82 7.50 9.04 9.33 10.86 9.22 8.59 9.92 9.35 4.23 7.19 5.50 8.59 8.05 8.16 7.81 8.63 8.35 8.21
Bottom 7.73 7.48 9.92 9.27 10.82 9.16 8.51 8.79 9.65 4.16 7.12 5.40 7.84 7.47 7.98 7.73 8.34 8.39 8.09

D.O. % Sat

07-04-2022 20-04-2022 05-05-2022 18-05-2022 07-07-2022 17-08-2022 01-09-2022 21-09-2022 06-10-2022 19-10-2022 03-11-2022 16-11-2022 21-12-2022 05-01-2023 18-01-2023 02-02-2023 15-02-2023 02-03-2023 15-03-2023
Top 81.70 74.90 86.70 85.50 99.30 84.20 78.50 97.00 89.20 43.60 69.10 53.80 92.70 86.90 91.50 85.90 92.20 90.10 90.10
Bottom 80.70 74.90 85.50 85.30 98.80 83.80 77.80 85.30 91.80 42.60 68.50 53.10 83.30 80.10 90.40 85.50 91.70 90.40 89.10

Conductivity mS/cm

07-04-2022 20-04-2022 05-05-2022 18-05-2022 07-07-2022 17-08-2022 01-09-2022 21-09-2022 06-10-2022 19-10-2022 03-11-2022 16-11-2022 21-12-2022 05-01-2023 18-01-2023 02-02-2023 15-02-2023 02-03-2023 15-03-2023
Top 50.00 45.80 35.80 38.60 39.20 20.40 4.40 30.00 3.70 0.70 0.67 0.47 33.00 33.20 53.70 53.10 52.40 52.50 51.90
Bottom 50.00 46.20 35.50 38.50 39.20 20.37 4.20 37.00 20.24 0.70 0.66 0.47 36.80 41.20 53.60 53.10 52.50 53.00 51.80
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