Site details

Overview

Estuary Merri River Estuary
CMA Glenelg Hopkins CMA
Type Physico-Chemical
Site code M1
Site name Stanley Street
Nearest road and town Stanley Street
Description

Monitoring has historically been conducted from pedestrian crossing on the downstream side of Stanley bridge, Warrnambool.

In February 2022, this site was moved 100m upstream onto the left bank of the Merri River, with sampling to occur from the new floating pontoon.  This change was initiated due to the reconstruction of Edwards bridge in 2022, along with providing safer volunteer access and parking.

Site access

From February 2022, the Stanley Street site is accessed via the floating jetty, 100m upstream of the bridge, on the left bank of the Merri River.

Land use
  • Recreational
  • Urban Residential
Land use description
Status Active
Observation history 27-10-2013 - 13-04-2024

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 13-05-2023 17-06-2023 15-07-2023 12-08-2023 09-09-2023 14-10-2023 11-11-2023 09-12-2023 13-01-2024 10-02-2024 16-03-2024 13-04-2024
Observation #15521 #15579 #15658 #15695 #15757 #15794 #15835 #15911 #15956 #16008 #16106 #16110

Observation summaries

Turbidity NTU

13-05-2023 17-06-2023 15-07-2023 12-08-2023 09-09-2023 14-10-2023 11-11-2023 09-12-2023 13-01-2024 10-02-2024 16-03-2024 13-04-2024
Top 9.0 10.0 16.0 9.0 17.0 12.0 5.0 10.0 9.0 12.0 12.0 7.0
Bottom 20.0 18.0 16.0 9.0 9.0 12.0 5.0 10.0 9.0 17.0 16.0 7.0

pH

13-05-2023 17-06-2023 15-07-2023 12-08-2023 09-09-2023 14-10-2023 11-11-2023 09-12-2023 13-01-2024 10-02-2024 16-03-2024 13-04-2024
Top 7.7 6.8 6.8 6.9 6.8 7.6 7.4 7.7 7.9 7.4 7.2
Bottom 7.5 6.8 6.8 7.5 7.7 7.3 7.1 7.7 7.5 7.2 7.4

Ammonia mg/L

13-05-2023 17-06-2023 15-07-2023 12-08-2023 09-09-2023 14-10-2023 11-11-2023 09-12-2023 13-01-2024 10-02-2024 16-03-2024 13-04-2024
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Bottom

Enterococci orgs/100mL

13-05-2023 17-06-2023 15-07-2023 12-08-2023 09-09-2023 14-10-2023 11-11-2023 09-12-2023 13-01-2024 10-02-2024 16-03-2024 13-04-2024
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Bottom

Temperature ° C

13-05-2023 17-06-2023 15-07-2023 12-08-2023 09-09-2023 14-10-2023 11-11-2023 09-12-2023 13-01-2024 10-02-2024 16-03-2024 13-04-2024
Top 13.50 10.70 10.80 13.30 10.40 15.70 20.10 20.30 22.10 19.50 20.90 16.30
Bottom 15.90 13.30 10.80 12.10 12.00 15.60 17.50 21.70 18.20 19.90 21.60 17.90

Salinity ppt

13-05-2023 17-06-2023 15-07-2023 12-08-2023 09-09-2023 14-10-2023 11-11-2023 09-12-2023 13-01-2024 10-02-2024 16-03-2024 13-04-2024
Top 1.50 1.30 0.80 1.50 3.30 3.10 1.90 1.70 2.30 4.10 6.50 4.20
Bottom 26.70 29.70 0.80 1.50 27.90 32.40 31.10 8.60 31.40 31.70 32.40 32.20

D.O. mg/L

13-05-2023 17-06-2023 15-07-2023 12-08-2023 09-09-2023 14-10-2023 11-11-2023 09-12-2023 13-01-2024 10-02-2024 16-03-2024 13-04-2024
Top 5.37 7.50 7.40 6.50 9.52 5.54 7.62 6.38 3.46 6.95 6.83 3.14
Bottom 0.17 8.12 7.21 6.80 5.54 6.26 0.20 6.82 4.95 0.17 0.02 4.78

D.O. % Sat

13-05-2023 17-06-2023 15-07-2023 12-08-2023 09-09-2023 14-10-2023 11-11-2023 09-12-2023 13-01-2024 10-02-2024 16-03-2024 13-04-2024
Top 52.70 68.90 67.00 65.50 88.00 56.20 84.90 71.20 39.50 76.20 79.20 33.50
Bottom 2.00 93.20 65.50 63.70 60.20 75.10 4.50 80.20 64.00 3.90 0.20 62.90

Conductivity mS/cm

13-05-2023 17-06-2023 15-07-2023 12-08-2023 09-09-2023 14-10-2023 11-11-2023 09-12-2023 13-01-2024 10-02-2024 16-03-2024 13-04-2024
Top 2.79 3.60 1.59 3.01 5.95 5.77 3.66 3.17 4.40 7.48 11.46 7.55
Bottom 41.57 45.82 1.59 2.89 43.41 49.47 47.58 15.81 48.05 48.48 49.30 49.24
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