Site details

Overview

Estuary Curdies River Estuary
CMA Corangamite CMA
Type Physico-Chemical
Site code Cu1
Site name Dorey Street floating pontoon
Nearest road and town Dorey Street, Peterborough
Description Floating pontoon at the end of Dorey Street, Peterborough. The floating pontoon is next to the Curdies River boat ramp. Monitoring is conducted in front of the first wooden pylon on the floating jetty.
Site access When travelling from Port Campbell on the Great Ocean Road, turn right into Irvine Street, Peterborough after crossing the Curdies River bridge, then turn right into Dorey Street and follow to the end.
Land use
  • Native Bushland
  • Recreational
  • Rural Residential
Land use description Adjacent to the floating pontoon is a boat ramp, rural residential and a car park.
Status Active
Observation history 11-12-2013 - 05-03-2024
Cu1
Dorey Street floating pontoon

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 04-04-2023 02-05-2023 06-06-2023 04-07-2023 31-07-2023 05-09-2023 03-10-2023 05-12-2023 02-01-2024 06-02-2024 05-03-2024
Observation #15385 #15500 #15567 #15616 #15679 #15736 #15785 #15894 #15943 #15998 #16041

Observation summaries

Turbidity NTU

04-04-2023 02-05-2023 06-06-2023 04-07-2023 31-07-2023 05-09-2023 03-10-2023 05-12-2023 02-01-2024 06-02-2024 05-03-2024
Top 13.0 18.0 9.0 33.0 9.0 16.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 27.0
Bottom 12.0 18.0 9.0 35.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 13.0

pH

04-04-2023 02-05-2023 06-06-2023 04-07-2023 31-07-2023 05-09-2023 03-10-2023 05-12-2023 02-01-2024 06-02-2024 05-03-2024
Top 8.6 8.4 7.5 7.1 7.6 7.4 7.3 8.1 7.6 9.1 9.2
Bottom 8.6 8.5 7.6 7.9 8.1 8.1 7.7 8.2 8.8 9.1 9.2

Ammonia mg/L

04-04-2023 02-05-2023 06-06-2023 04-07-2023 31-07-2023 05-09-2023 03-10-2023 05-12-2023 02-01-2024 06-02-2024 05-03-2024
Top
Bottom

Enterococci orgs/100mL

04-04-2023 02-05-2023 06-06-2023 04-07-2023 31-07-2023 05-09-2023 03-10-2023 05-12-2023 02-01-2024 06-02-2024 05-03-2024
Top
Bottom

Temperature ° C

04-04-2023 02-05-2023 06-06-2023 04-07-2023 31-07-2023 05-09-2023 03-10-2023 02-01-2024 06-02-2024 05-03-2024
Top 15.50 15.00 13.50 10.50 12.10 11.00 0.00 20.00 20.70 17.60
Bottom 15.30 14.90 13.20 11.50 12.90 12.30 0.00 19.60 20.40 17.10

Salinity ppt

04-04-2023 02-05-2023 06-06-2023 04-07-2023 31-07-2023 05-09-2023 03-10-2023 02-01-2024 06-02-2024 05-03-2024
Top 11.20 5.20 34.40 19.60 12.10 11.60 13.90
Bottom 16.40 11.40 21.30 36.70 38.30 12.30 11.70 14.20

D.O. mg/L

04-04-2023 02-05-2023 06-06-2023 04-07-2023 31-07-2023 05-09-2023 03-10-2023 02-01-2024 06-02-2024 05-03-2024
Top 12.78 11.21 7.09 8.35 11.33 12.30 8.58 8.17 8.49
Bottom 10.52 7.69 7.11 9.42 11.48 10.38 7.85 7.66 6.91

D.O. % Sat

04-04-2023 02-05-2023 06-06-2023 04-07-2023 31-07-2023 05-09-2023 03-10-2023 02-01-2024 06-02-2024 05-03-2024
Top 128.10 111.60 14.73 74.80 105.30 90.80 90.50 88.60
Bottom 104.80 76.50 14.76 86.10 108.30 85.20 82.10 71.20

Conductivity mS/cm

04-04-2023 02-05-2023 06-06-2023 04-07-2023 31-07-2023 05-09-2023 03-10-2023 02-01-2024 06-02-2024 05-03-2024
Top 28.30 21.30 14.73 6.63 39.50 23.10 18.25 17.81 19.65
Bottom 28.40 21.50 14.76 25.20 52.40 54.70 18.34 17.83 19.81
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