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 - 07-03-2023
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 05-04-2022 25-04-2022 03-05-2022 07-06-2022 02-08-2022 06-09-2022 04-10-2022 04-11-2022 06-12-2022 03-01-2023 07-02-2023 07-03-2023
Observation #14582 #14628 #14644 #14720 #14920 #14991 #15053 #15107 #15159 #15206 #15270 #15333

Observation summaries

Turbidity NTU

05-04-2022 25-04-2022 03-05-2022 07-06-2022 02-08-2022 06-09-2022 04-10-2022 04-11-2022 06-12-2022 03-01-2023 07-02-2023 07-03-2023
Top 23.0 32.0 90.0 95.0 40.0 37.0 9.0 35.0 11.0 9.0 9.0 9.0
Bottom 27.0 24.0 90.0 80.0 27.0 33.0 9.0 30.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 11.0

pH

05-04-2022 25-04-2022 03-05-2022 07-06-2022 02-08-2022 06-09-2022 04-10-2022 04-11-2022 06-12-2022 03-01-2023 07-02-2023 07-03-2023
Top 8.7 8.8 8.6 8.4 6.6 8.4 8.1 8.5 8.5
Bottom 8.8 8.9 8.7 8.3 7.3 8.3 8.3 8.4 8.5

Ammonia mg/L

05-04-2022 25-04-2022 03-05-2022 07-06-2022 02-08-2022 06-09-2022 04-10-2022 04-11-2022 06-12-2022 03-01-2023 07-02-2023 07-03-2023
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Bottom

Enterococci orgs/100mL

05-04-2022 25-04-2022 03-05-2022 07-06-2022 02-08-2022 06-09-2022 04-10-2022 04-11-2022 06-12-2022 03-01-2023 07-02-2023 07-03-2023
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Temperature ° C

05-04-2022 25-04-2022 03-05-2022 07-06-2022 02-08-2022 06-09-2022 04-10-2022 04-11-2022 06-12-2022 03-01-2023 07-02-2023 07-03-2023
Top 16.00 13.50 14.80 9.00 9.90 11.20 13.80 13.30 16.00 17.10 21.30 17.00
Bottom 15.80 12.60 14.60 8.70 11.20 11.00 13.50 13.20 15.20 16.90 20.00 16.80

Salinity ppt

05-04-2022 25-04-2022 03-05-2022 07-06-2022 02-08-2022 06-09-2022 04-10-2022 04-11-2022 06-12-2022 03-01-2023 07-02-2023 07-03-2023
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Bottom

D.O. mg/L

05-04-2022 25-04-2022 03-05-2022 07-06-2022 02-08-2022 06-09-2022 04-10-2022 04-11-2022 06-12-2022 03-01-2023 07-02-2023 07-03-2023
Top 11.85 9.72 9.27 10.20 10.35 9.80 11.87 7.08 9.36 9.70 9.99 8.85
Bottom 4.93 4.51 7.99 9.98 9.95 9.63 11.15 6.88 9.44 9.34 9.31 8.26

D.O. % Sat

05-04-2022 25-04-2022 03-05-2022 07-06-2022 02-08-2022 06-09-2022 04-10-2022 04-11-2022 06-12-2022 03-01-2023 07-02-2023 07-03-2023
Top 120.30 91.90 92.90 88.50 91.70 88.50 114.00 66.90 95.60 96.90 111.60 92.90
Bottom 49.70 42.00 88.30 85.90 90.80 0.00 106.30 64.90 94.60 97.00 102.30 85.90

Conductivity mS/cm

05-04-2022 25-04-2022 03-05-2022 07-06-2022 02-08-2022 06-09-2022 04-10-2022 04-11-2022 06-12-2022 03-01-2023 07-02-2023 07-03-2023
Top 21.11 20.11 17.94 13.54 14.30 2.36 0.90 39.40 56.10 50.10 32.90
Bottom 21.62 20.48 18.09 13.63 49.10 2.42 0.97 46.90 56.80 53.90 33.00
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