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B5 Tait Point

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Site details

Overview

Estuary Barwon River Estuary
CMA Corangamite CMA
Type Physico-Chemical
Site code B5
Site name Tait Point
Nearest road and town Lake Road, Connewarre
Description This site is located to the north of the picnic table located at the end of Lake Road.
Site access Turn off Barwon Heads Road at the Barwon Heads Airport and head to the northern end of Lake Road. The site is located north directly below the picnic table at the end of Lake Road.
Land use
  • Recreational
  • Rural Grazing
  • Rural Residential
Land use description Parks Victoria picnic ground located adjacent to private grazing land.
Status Active
Observation history 10-12-2007 - 15-03-2023
Site B5 (Tait Point)
Phys/chem monitoring site

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 07-04-2022 20-04-2022 05-05-2022 18-05-2022 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 #14586 #14626 #14654 #14677 #14978 #14988 #15038 #15066 #15093 #15111 #15126 #15196 #15215 #15242 #15260 #15291 #15332 #15364

Observation summaries

Turbidity NTU

07-04-2022 20-04-2022 05-05-2022 18-05-2022 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 40.0 12.0 9.0 8.0 25.0 33.0 18.0 180.0 85.0 65.0 120.0 80.0 50.0 13.5 28.0 12.5 10.0 9.5
Bottom 35.0 15.0 9.0 75.0 59.0 33.0 22.0 180.0 75.0 60.0 150.0 85.0 43.0 30.0 24.0 90.0 12.0 40.0

pH

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Top 8.4 8.4 7.6 8.0 7.5 7.5 7.7 7.9 7.1 7.2 6.8 8.7 8.1 7.4 6.9 6.5 8.3 8.0
Bottom 8.4 8.2 7.8 8.4 7.2 7.7 7.7 7.6 7.0 7.1 6.7 8.8 8.1 7.4 6.9 6.5 8.4 8.0

Ammonia mg/L

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Enterococci orgs/100mL

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Temperature ° C

07-04-2022 20-04-2022 05-05-2022 18-05-2022 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 17.70 15.10 13.70 12.40 10.70 11.50 14.20 13.10 18.10 13.70 14.90 20.80 17.20 23.60 18.40 21.20 19.00 20.60
Bottom 17.70 15.40 15.50 12.40 10.60 11.50 14.00 13.10 16.40 13.10 14.80 21.10 17.10 24.20 18.50 21.20 19.20 20.70

Salinity ppt

07-04-2022 20-04-2022 05-05-2022 18-05-2022 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 21.30 14.50 16.50 18.90 3.20 1.00 1.20 0.80 0.30 3.40 0.60 1.30 6.70 13.00 16.90 23.20 26.50 26.00
Bottom 21.30 18.10 21.30 19.00 3.70 1.00 1.30 0.80 0.30 3.40 0.60 1.30 6.60 13.00 17.00 23.40 26.70 26.30

D.O. mg/L

07-04-2022 20-04-2022 05-05-2022 18-05-2022 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 10.75 8.56 6.53 9.75 9.57 8.61 8.41 9.05 4.19 6.78 4.88 9.89 8.20 7.16 8.20 8.43 9.07 6.38
Bottom 10.55 6.54 3.90 9.66 9.59 8.57 8.11 9.03 3.31 6.33 4.45 9.79 8.20 7.13 8.16 7.90 8.79 6.33

D.O. % Sat

07-04-2022 20-04-2022 05-05-2022 18-05-2022 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 112.50 85.30 63.50 91.20 86.30 78.70 82.60 86.50 44.40 65.20 48.60 111.20 85.20 84.80 89.40 95.80 98.30 71.30
Bottom 110.60 65.60 39.20 90.40 86.40 78.40 79.40 86.20 33.90 60.80 44.30 110.70 85.40 84.70 89.30 89.80 95.70 71.00

Conductivity mS/cm

07-04-2022 20-04-2022 05-05-2022 18-05-2022 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 30.40 20.78 23.60 27.00 4.50 1.37 1.77 1.16 0.47 4.84 0.80 1.82 9.51 18.52 24.10 33.10 37.80 37.10
Bottom 30.40 25.90 30.50 27.10 5.28 1.37 1.80 1.16 0.48 4.89 0.87 1.82 9.40 18.52 24.30 33.40 38.20 37.50
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