Site details

Overview

Estuary Hopkins River Estuary
CMA Glenelg Hopkins CMA
Type Physico-Chemical
Site code H2
Site name Site two (Riverboat Cruise Pontoon)
Nearest road and town Simpson Street, Warrnambool
Description Pontoon located on the ocean side of the Riverboat. This pontoon extends out into the river beyond the other pontoons.
Site access Access via the boat ramp carpark located on Simpson Street .
Land use
  • Recreational
  • Urban Residential
Land use description This site is located adjacent to the boat ramp carpark. Bitumen surface.
Status Active
Observation history 11-07-2010 - 17-03-2023
Site two
Riverboat Cruise 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 23-04-2022 21-05-2022 18-06-2022 16-07-2022 20-08-2022 17-09-2022 18-11-2022 14-12-2022 20-01-2023 17-02-2023 17-03-2023
Observation #14668 #14703 #14754 #14888 #14963 #15019 #15142 #15174 #15251 #15299 #15353

Observation summaries

Turbidity NTU

23-04-2022 21-05-2022 18-06-2022 16-07-2022 20-08-2022 17-09-2022 18-11-2022 14-12-2022 20-01-2023 17-02-2023 17-03-2023
Top 9.0 9.0 10.0 9.0 26.7 9.0 60.0 23.0 13.0 9.0 9.0
Bottom 13.0 17.0 10.0 9.0 15.0 9.0 80.0 33.0 9.0 40.0 11.0

pH

23-04-2022 21-05-2022 18-06-2022 16-07-2022 20-08-2022 17-09-2022 18-11-2022 14-12-2022 20-01-2023 17-02-2023 17-03-2023
Top 8.3 8.2 8.2 8.4 8.8 8.4 7.8 8.0 8.4 8.2 8.3
Bottom 8.0 7.9 8.4 8.4 8.2 8.6 8.0 7.8 8.2 8.1 8.2

Ammonia mg/L

23-04-2022 21-05-2022 18-06-2022 16-07-2022 20-08-2022 17-09-2022 18-11-2022 14-12-2022 20-01-2023 17-02-2023 17-03-2023
Top
Bottom

Enterococci orgs/100mL

23-04-2022 21-05-2022 18-06-2022 16-07-2022 20-08-2022 17-09-2022 18-11-2022 14-12-2022 20-01-2023 17-02-2023 17-03-2023
Top
Bottom

Temperature ° C

23-04-2022 21-05-2022 18-06-2022 16-07-2022 20-08-2022 17-09-2022 18-11-2022 14-12-2022 20-01-2023 17-02-2023 17-03-2023
Top 16.10 13.30 12.00 11.30 12.30 13.10 17.40 17.90 20.20 21.70 21.20
Bottom 16.20 15.40 13.70 13.30 13.10 13.30 17.40 15.90 17.10 20.50 19.10

Salinity ppt

23-04-2022 21-05-2022 18-06-2022 16-07-2022 20-08-2022 17-09-2022 18-11-2022 14-12-2022 20-01-2023 17-02-2023 17-03-2023
Top 8.10 6.80 2.90 11.10 1.90 17.90 0.60 2.30 17.50 30.00 35.00
Bottom 27.30 30.20 29.00 29.60 30.50 32.10 0.60 32.60 33.50 33.50 37.80

D.O. mg/L

23-04-2022 21-05-2022 18-06-2022 16-07-2022 20-08-2022 17-09-2022 18-11-2022 14-12-2022 20-01-2023 17-02-2023 17-03-2023
Top 9.45 10.50 11.17 10.47 10.60 5.74 9.28 9.17 9.28 7.64 7.46
Bottom 5.25 5.20 7.12 8.10 3.84 8.00 9.24 7.09 7.62 5.67 6.55

D.O. % Sat

23-04-2022 21-05-2022 18-06-2022 16-07-2022 20-08-2022 17-09-2022 18-11-2022 14-12-2022 20-01-2023 17-02-2023 17-03-2023
Top 99.00 105.00 104.50 102.90 99.10 59.10 97.90 97.10 113.70 103.30 103.60
Bottom 61.80 62.00 80.90 93.40 42.30 94.20 97.40 87.00 96.00 76.60 88.10

Conductivity mS/cm

23-04-2022 21-05-2022 18-06-2022 16-07-2022 20-08-2022 17-09-2022 18-11-2022 14-12-2022 20-01-2023 17-02-2023 17-03-2023
Top 13.97 11.81 5.37 18.62 3.59 29.00 1.24 4.24 28.36 46.20 52.90
Bottom 42.24 46.30 44.84 45.77 47.03 49.14 1.24 49.77 50.90 50.90 56.80
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