Site details

Overview

Estuary Powlett River Estuary
CMA West Gippsland CMA
Type Physico-Chemical
Site code Po2
Site name Site two (Mouth of Powlett Road Bridge)
Nearest road and town Mouth of Powlett Road, Dalyston
Description Ocean side of Mouth of Powlett Road Bridge, in between the 6th and 7th reflector when coming from the Kilcunda side of bridge (approx halfway).
Site access Head east along the Mouth of Powlett Road, park in the carpark located beside the Mouth of Powlett Bridge.
Land use
  • Native Bushland
  • Rural Grazing
Land use description This site is surrounded by submerged wetland (oceanside of bridge), saltmarsh (eastern bank on inland side of bridge) and a 5-10 metre revege site (western bank on inland side of bridge).
Status Active
Observation history 13-03-2010 - 08-03-2023

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 14-04-2022 20-04-2022 02-05-2022 09-05-2022 12-05-2022 25-05-2022 02-06-2022 06-06-2022 08-06-2022 09-06-2022 10-06-2022 10-06-2022 10-06-2022 14-06-2022 23-06-2022 13-07-2022 27-07-2022 16-08-2022 24-08-2022 07-09-2022 19-09-2022 05-10-2022 10-11-2022 17-01-2023 21-02-2023 08-03-2023
Observation #14599 #14610 #14649 #14660 #14662 #14698 #14707 #14717 #14723 #14725 #14726 #14727 #14729 #14745 #14855 #14883 #14929 #14947 #14971 #14999 #15031 #15059 #15117 #15231 #15304 #15338

Observation summaries

Turbidity NTU

14-04-2022 20-04-2022 02-05-2022 09-05-2022 12-05-2022 25-05-2022 02-06-2022 06-06-2022 08-06-2022 09-06-2022 10-06-2022 14-06-2022 23-06-2022 13-07-2022 27-07-2022 16-08-2022 24-08-2022 07-09-2022 19-09-2022 05-10-2022 10-11-2022 17-01-2023 21-02-2023 08-03-2023
Top 5.5 3.2 5.1 5.0 7.1 4.0 3.5 6.6 8.0 30.7 60.7 46.9 35.9 28.0 40.6 187.2 80.7 35.6 193.2 12.2 15.5 5.4 4.3 7.8
Bottom 6.8 7.3 6.9 8.8 5.7 4.8 33.6 30.0 20.3 11.9 63.0 50.4 13.2 6.5 7.6 188.1 85.4 6.2 213.2 4.6 9.1 2.9 2.7 7.8

pH

14-04-2022 20-04-2022 02-05-2022 09-05-2022 12-05-2022 25-05-2022 02-06-2022 06-06-2022 08-06-2022 09-06-2022 10-06-2022 14-06-2022 23-06-2022 13-07-2022 27-07-2022 16-08-2022 24-08-2022 07-09-2022 19-09-2022 05-10-2022 10-11-2022 17-01-2023 21-02-2023 08-03-2023
Top 7.4 7.3 7.2 7.2 7.4 7.2 7.0 7.1 7.1 7.2 7.9 7.1 8.1 8.0 8.1
Bottom 7.5 7.6 7.1 8.1 8.1 8.0 6.9 7.1 8.3 7.4 8.2 8.1 8.3 8.3 8.3

Ammonia mg/L

14-04-2022 20-04-2022 02-05-2022 09-05-2022 12-05-2022 25-05-2022 02-06-2022 06-06-2022 08-06-2022 09-06-2022 10-06-2022 14-06-2022 23-06-2022 13-07-2022 27-07-2022 16-08-2022 24-08-2022 07-09-2022 19-09-2022 05-10-2022 10-11-2022 17-01-2023 21-02-2023 08-03-2023
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Enterococci orgs/100mL

14-04-2022 20-04-2022 02-05-2022 09-05-2022 12-05-2022 25-05-2022 02-06-2022 06-06-2022 08-06-2022 09-06-2022 10-06-2022 14-06-2022 23-06-2022 13-07-2022 27-07-2022 16-08-2022 24-08-2022 07-09-2022 19-09-2022 05-10-2022 10-11-2022 17-01-2023 21-02-2023 08-03-2023
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Temperature ° C

14-04-2022 20-04-2022 02-05-2022 09-05-2022 12-05-2022 25-05-2022 02-06-2022 06-06-2022 08-06-2022 09-06-2022 10-06-2022 14-06-2022 23-06-2022 13-07-2022 27-07-2022 16-08-2022 24-08-2022 07-09-2022 19-09-2022 05-10-2022 10-11-2022 17-01-2023 21-02-2023 08-03-2023
Top 17.40 17.70 16.20 16.70 14.50 11.10 12.20 11.00 9.70 10.60 11.40 11.30 11.60 8.90 9.70 11.00 10.00 11.30 12.20 12.60 23.20 21.40 21.50 17.40
Bottom 17.20 16.00 16.90 17.00 16.80 15.70 15.10 15.10 15.20 14.70 11.50 11.30 13.50 12.70 11.90 11.00 10.00 12.00 11.90 12.70 16.60 18.50 20.30 17.20

Salinity ppt

14-04-2022 20-04-2022 02-05-2022 09-05-2022 12-05-2022 25-05-2022 02-06-2022 06-06-2022 08-06-2022 09-06-2022 10-06-2022 14-06-2022 23-06-2022 13-07-2022 27-07-2022 16-08-2022 24-08-2022 07-09-2022 19-09-2022 05-10-2022 10-11-2022 17-01-2023 21-02-2023 08-03-2023
Top 30.60 30.10 28.10 18.10 7.10 12.40 19.50 19.00 14.70 9.30 1.00 0.40 1.40 0.90 0.90 0.20 0.30 1.90 0.40 26.20 3.30 31.70 34.30 35.60
Bottom 30.80 30.70 31.20 30.40 30.00 29.50 28.60 28.10 28.20 27.70 2.00 0.50 33.70 34.20 31.90 0.20 0.30 33.90 0.70 35.90 34.60 37.10 37.90 40.00

D.O. mg/L

14-04-2022 20-04-2022 02-05-2022 09-05-2022 12-05-2022 25-05-2022 02-06-2022 06-06-2022 08-06-2022 09-06-2022 10-06-2022 14-06-2022 23-06-2022 13-07-2022 27-07-2022 16-08-2022 24-08-2022 07-09-2022 19-09-2022 05-10-2022 10-11-2022 17-01-2023 21-02-2023 08-03-2023
Top 5.40 5.07 5.62 6.50 5.80 10.50 7.60 8.12 9.59 8.98 8.89 8.04 5.80 10.85 8.63 7.19 7.27 9.77 9.28 10.75 6.95 7.20 6.99 6.66
Bottom 4.77 4.68 1.23 0.90 0.32 1.00 0.00 0.13 0.00 0.00 7.69 7.52 4.66 5.60 6.86 7.44 6.82 7.70 9.54 10.15 7.89 6.09 6.51 5.99

D.O. % Sat

14-04-2022 20-04-2022 02-05-2022 09-05-2022 12-05-2022 25-05-2022 02-06-2022 06-06-2022 08-06-2022 09-06-2022 10-06-2022 14-06-2022 23-06-2022 13-07-2022 27-07-2022 16-08-2022 24-08-2022 07-09-2022 19-09-2022 05-10-2022 10-11-2022 17-01-2023 21-02-2023 08-03-2023
Top 67.70 63.70 67.80 74.50 59.30 103.30 80.50 83.00 92.80 85.70 81.80 73.70 53.70 93.90 76.20 65.10 64.50 90.10 86.50 118.90 82.90 99.10 95.40 86.80
Bottom 59.60 57.00 15.30 11.10 3.90 12.00 0.00 1.50 0.00 0.00 71.40 68.80 55.00 65.20 77.40 67.40 60.50 88.30 89.50 119.30 99.80 83.70 88.70 79.70

Conductivity mS/cm

14-04-2022 20-04-2022 02-05-2022 09-05-2022 12-05-2022 25-05-2022 02-06-2022 06-06-2022 08-06-2022 09-06-2022 10-06-2022 14-06-2022 23-06-2022 13-07-2022 27-07-2022 16-08-2022 24-08-2022 07-09-2022 19-09-2022 05-10-2022 10-11-2022 17-01-2023 21-02-2023 08-03-2023
Top 47.14 46.38 43.60 29.50 12.50 21.00 32.00 31.10 24.70 16.20 1.99 0.86 2.56 1.67 1.67 0.33 0.52 3.49 41.00 6.11 48.49 51.99 53.73
Bottom 47.32 47.23 47.98 47.10 46.60 45.90 44.80 44.10 44.10 43.50 3.82 0.93 51.31 52.00 48.81 0.33 0.53 51.58 54.27 52.58 55.72 56.87 59.60
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