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Me2 Balnarring Bridge

12 March 2024

Overview Notes Depth Profile Top-Bottom Documents 1 Chart
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Observation details

Overview

Estuary Merricks Creek Estuary
Site Balnarring Bridge
Observation ID #16088
Date and Time Tuesday 12th March 2024 13:00pm
Approved Pending

Notes

Water is very smelly and has a pale scum on it.

Depth Profiling

Depth m Temperature °C Salinity ppt D.O. mg/L D.O. % sat EC mS/cm Notes
0.1m 22.50 31.90 0.63 8.4 46.18 Estuary open
Previous 22.5 27.6 0.6 7.4 40.8
Median 17.4 25.00 1.20 12.80 28.1
0.5m 22.60 33.50 0.50 7.0 49.00
Previous 21.3 18.8 0.5 6.2 28.1
Median 17.4 25.00 1.20 13.00 28.1

Top-Bottom Sampling

Depth m Turbidity NTU pH
Top 0.1 60 7.8
Previous 0.1 22 7.4
Median 0.1 10 8.1
Bottom 0.4 60 7.6
Previous 0.2 17 7.4
Median 0.4 10 7.8

Other details

Max depth 0.50
Previous 0.30
Median 0.50
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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