Site details

Overview

Estuary Hopkins River Estuary
CMA Glenelg Hopkins CMA
Type Physico-Chemical
Site code H3
Site name Site three (Mahoneys Road)
Nearest road and town Mahoneys Road, Warrnambool
Description Fishing pontoon located on the oceanside of the boat ramp. Monitoring is conducted off the end of the pontoon.
Site access Turn off the Princess Hwy onto Mahoneys Road. Follow Mahoneys Road east through to the boat ramp carpark located at the very end.
Land use
  • Recreational
  • Urban Residential
Land use description Open space reserve with a thin section of riparian vegetation (consisting mainly of Phragmites) which seperates the river from the large green fields of Deakin University on one side, and an urban residential area on the other.
Status Active
Observation history N/A - 17-03-2023
Site three (Mahoneys Road)
Volunteer at site three.

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 14-10-2022 18-11-2022 14-12-2022 20-01-2023 17-02-2023 17-03-2023
Observation #14669 #14702 #14755 #14889 #14964 #15020 #15073 #15144 #15175 #15252 #15300 #15354

Observation summaries

Turbidity NTU

23-04-2022 21-05-2022 18-06-2022 16-07-2022 20-08-2022 17-09-2022 14-10-2022 18-11-2022 14-12-2022 20-01-2023 17-02-2023 17-03-2023
Top 10.0 9.0 10.0 9.0 26.0 12.0 82.0 60.0 38.0 15.0 9.0 9.0
Bottom 9.0 9.0 10.0 11.0 28.0 9.0 82.0 80.0 40.0 16.0 13.0 10.0

pH

23-04-2022 21-05-2022 18-06-2022 16-07-2022 20-08-2022 17-09-2022 14-10-2022 18-11-2022 14-12-2022 20-01-2023 17-02-2023 17-03-2023
Top 8.3 8.2 8.5 8.4 8.8 8.7 8.1 7.8 8.1 8.3 8.1 8.6
Bottom 8.3 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.7 8.3 8.2 7.8 8.0 8.2 8.2 8.6

Ammonia mg/L

23-04-2022 21-05-2022 18-06-2022 16-07-2022 20-08-2022 17-09-2022 14-10-2022 18-11-2022 14-12-2022 20-01-2023 17-02-2023 17-03-2023
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Bottom

Enterococci orgs/100mL

23-04-2022 21-05-2022 18-06-2022 16-07-2022 20-08-2022 17-09-2022 14-10-2022 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 14-10-2022 18-11-2022 14-12-2022 20-01-2023 17-02-2023 17-03-2023
Top 16.50 13.50 12.10 12.00 12.20 12.50 14.60 17.30 19.00 21.10 22.40 21.80
Bottom 16.20 14.40 12.80 13.70 12.20 13.30 14.60 17.30 18.90 20.60 22.40 21.00

Salinity ppt

23-04-2022 21-05-2022 18-06-2022 16-07-2022 20-08-2022 17-09-2022 14-10-2022 18-11-2022 14-12-2022 20-01-2023 17-02-2023 17-03-2023
Top 7.90 6.70 2.60 11.80 1.80 2.40 0.60 0.60 1.90 24.60 28.90 24.00
Bottom 8.10 10.60 10.20 25.00 1.80 20.80 0.60 0.60 1.90 26.00 29.10 29.10

D.O. mg/L

23-04-2022 21-05-2022 18-06-2022 16-07-2022 20-08-2022 17-09-2022 14-10-2022 18-11-2022 14-12-2022 20-01-2023 17-02-2023 17-03-2023
Top 9.50 10.19 11.02 9.86 10.14 10.06 9.01 9.17 9.26 8.67 8.51 9.38
Bottom 9.20 9.33 8.71 8.56 10.03 4.62 8.46 9.18 9.01 8.58 8.43 8.34

D.O. % Sat

23-04-2022 21-05-2022 18-06-2022 16-07-2022 20-08-2022 17-09-2022 14-10-2022 18-11-2022 14-12-2022 20-01-2023 17-02-2023 17-03-2023
Top 100.20 100.40 103.20 99.00 94.80 97.20 88.10 96.80 100.30 111.00 116.50 123.50
Bottom 96.10 95.00 86.30 96.80 93.50 49.50 83.50 96.50 97.50 110.50 115.00 111.20

Conductivity mS/cm

23-04-2022 21-05-2022 18-06-2022 16-07-2022 20-08-2022 17-09-2022 14-10-2022 18-11-2022 14-12-2022 20-01-2023 17-02-2023 17-03-2023
Top 13.62 11.74 4.84 19.71 3.40 4.52 1.10 1.20 3.65 38.64 44.68 37.86
Bottom 13.95 15.14 19.90 39.32 3.41 28.50 1.14 1.19 3.66 40.60 44.94 44.92
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