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Me2 Balnarring Bridge
Site details
Overview
| Estuary | Merricks Creek Estuary |
|---|---|
| CMA | Melbourne Water |
| Type | Physico-Chemical |
| Site code | Me2 |
| Site name | Balnarring Bridge |
| Nearest road and town | Ballnarring Beach Road, Ballnarring |
| Description | Monitoring is conducted from the Balnarring Beach Road Bridge. |
| Site access | Park at the Parks Victoria office and walk to the centre of the Balnarring Beach Road Bridge. |
| Land use |
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| Land use description | Township of Balnarring and Foreshore Reserve. |
| Status | Active |
| Observation history | 01-02-2016 - 03-04-2024 |
Observations
Turbidity tubes do not measure below 9 NTU; Chart values of 9 should be interpreted as < 9 NTU
Observations
| Date | 01-05-2023 | 05-06-2023 | 03-07-2023 | 07-08-2023 | 06-09-2023 | 02-10-2023 | 10-11-2023 | 07-12-2023 | 01-01-2024 | 05-02-2024 | 12-03-2024 | 03-04-2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Observation | #15504 | #15603 | #15779 | #15780 | #15781 | #15782 | #15939 | #15940 | #16014 | #16015 | #16088 | #16089 |
Observation summaries
Turbidity NTU
| 01-05-2023 | 05-06-2023 | 03-07-2023 | 07-08-2023 | 06-09-2023 | 02-10-2023 | 10-11-2023 | 07-12-2023 | 01-01-2024 | 05-02-2024 | 12-03-2024 | 03-04-2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Top | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 20.0 | 22.0 | 60.0 | 12.0 |
| Bottom | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 60.0 | 16.0 |
pH
| 01-05-2023 | 05-06-2023 | 03-07-2023 | 07-08-2023 | 06-09-2023 | 02-10-2023 | 10-11-2023 | 07-12-2023 | 01-01-2024 | 05-02-2024 | 12-03-2024 | 03-04-2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Top | 8.9 | 8.7 | 8.9 | 8.5 | 8.3 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 7.5 | 7.4 | 7.8 | 8.6 |
| Bottom | 7.8 | 7.8 | 8.5 | 8.1 | 7.9 | 7.8 | 7.5 | 7.4 | 7.6 | 7.8 |
Ammonia mg/L
| 01-05-2023 | 05-06-2023 | 03-07-2023 | 07-08-2023 | 06-09-2023 | 02-10-2023 | 10-11-2023 | 07-12-2023 | 01-01-2024 | 05-02-2024 | 12-03-2024 | 03-04-2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Bottom |
Enterococci orgs/100mL
| 01-05-2023 | 05-06-2023 | 03-07-2023 | 07-08-2023 | 06-09-2023 | 02-10-2023 | 10-11-2023 | 07-12-2023 | 01-01-2024 | 05-02-2024 | 12-03-2024 | 03-04-2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Top | ||||||||||||
| Bottom |
Temperature ° C
| 01-05-2023 | 05-06-2023 | 03-07-2023 | 07-08-2023 | 06-09-2023 | 02-10-2023 | 10-11-2023 | 07-12-2023 | 12-03-2024 | 03-04-2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Top | 17.50 | 10.40 | 10.20 | 11.90 | 12.20 | 16.40 | 18.90 | 17.10 | 22.50 | 16.20 |
| Bottom | 21.30 | 13.20 | 10.20 | 12.60 | 12.10 | 15.30 | 18.40 | 17.60 | 22.60 | 18.30 |
Salinity ppt
| 01-05-2023 | 05-06-2023 | 03-07-2023 | 07-08-2023 | 06-09-2023 | 02-10-2023 | 10-11-2023 | 07-12-2023 | 12-03-2024 | 03-04-2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Top | 10.50 | 1.80 | 0.90 | 3.00 | 30.50 | 12.50 | 4.60 | 8.40 | 31.90 | 2.20 |
| Bottom | 18.80 | 27.30 | 0.90 | 25.00 | 31.60 | 31.00 | 5.40 | 9.50 | 33.50 | 31.70 |
D.O. mg/L
| 01-05-2023 | 05-06-2023 | 03-07-2023 | 07-08-2023 | 06-09-2023 | 02-10-2023 | 10-11-2023 | 07-12-2023 | 12-03-2024 | 03-04-2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Top | 2.00 | 2.10 | 12.40 | 2.80 | 4.80 | 0.80 | 0.55 | 95.00 | 0.63 | 1.80 |
| Bottom | 1.15 | 1.20 | 11.20 | 1.20 | 4.90 | 1.37 | 0.77 | 0.48 | 0.50 | 1.04 |
D.O. % Sat
| 01-05-2023 | 05-06-2023 | 03-07-2023 | 07-08-2023 | 06-09-2023 | 02-10-2023 | 10-11-2023 | 07-12-2023 | 12-03-2024 | 03-04-2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Top | 21.00 | 18.20 | 106.50 | 25.70 | 40.00 | 9.00 | 6.00 | 10.30 | 8.40 | 18.50 |
| Bottom | 14.10 | 12.80 | 96.00 | 13.00 | 54.20 | 16.40 | 8.50 | 5.10 | 7.00 | 13.10 |
Conductivity mS/cm
| 01-05-2023 | 05-06-2023 | 03-07-2023 | 07-08-2023 | 06-09-2023 | 02-10-2023 | 10-11-2023 | 07-12-2023 | 12-03-2024 | 03-04-2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Top | 15.80 | 2.40 | 1.29 | 4.10 | 35.49 | 18.00 | 7.28 | 12.17 | 46.18 | 3.39 |
| Bottom | 28.00 | 33.10 | 1.29 | 25.00 | 36.50 | 38.70 | 8.49 | 13.87 | 49.00 | 42.30 |
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