Observation details

Overview

Estuary Curdies River Estuary
Site Dorey Street floating pontoon
Observation ID #14628
Date and Time Monday 25th April 2022 09:30am
Approved Approved

Notes

Large bed of thick blue-green algae behind the pontoon.

Very bad smell from the river

Water where algae mat is not floating on the surface is very cloudy, 

Depth Profiling

Depth m Temperature °C Salinity ppt D.O. mg/L D.O. % sat EC mS/cm Notes
0.1m 13.50 9.72 91.9 20.11
Previous 16.0 12.5 126.2 21.1
Median 16.0 8.93 94.80 21.1
0.5m 13.00 7.51 70.7 20.26
Previous 18.4 7.3 77.3 35.5
Median 16.3 8.93 77.30 28.7
1.0m 12.80 7.19 67.2 20.35
Previous 15.8 4.9 49.7 21.6
Median 15.8 7.81 85.60 35.7
1.5m 12.60 5.70 53.1 20.44
Previous 18.4 5.5 58.6 35.7
Median 16.0 8.96 85.60 43.0
1.9m 12.60 4.51 42.0 20.48
Previous 19.6 7.8 85.6 43.0
Median 13.1 8.96 94.70 43.0

Top-Bottom Sampling

Depth m Turbidity NTU pH
Top 0.1 32 8.8
Previous 0.1 23 8.7
Median 0.1 23 8.3
Bottom 1.9 24 8.9
Previous 1.8 27 8.8
Median 1.9 13 8.3

Other details

Max depth 2.00
Previous 1.90
Median 2.00
Flow estimate Pool

Observation Documents

Link Date File name Description

Preceding Observations

C Estuary is closed to the sea. O Estuary is open to the sea. P Perched
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