Site details

Overview

Estuary Spring Creek Estuary
CMA Corangamite CMA
Type Physico-Chemical
Site code S1
Site name Boardwalk near estuary mouth
Nearest road and town Torquay
Description Boardwalk near estuary mouth
Site access Easily accessed from carpark beside estuary.
Land use
  • Other
  • Recreational
Land use description Road
Status Active
Observation history 24-06-2007 - 19-12-2023
Photo of S1
Photo of phys/chem monitoring site S1

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 16-11-2023 19-12-2023
Observation #15900 #15921

Observation summaries

Turbidity NTU

16-11-2023 19-12-2023
Top 9.0 9.0
Bottom 9.0 9.0

pH

16-11-2023 19-12-2023
Top 7.5 7.8
Bottom 7.9 7.7

Ammonia mg/L

16-11-2023 19-12-2023
Top
Bottom

Enterococci orgs/100mL

16-11-2023 19-12-2023
Top
Bottom

Temperature ° C

16-11-2023 19-12-2023
Top 18.70 19.70
Bottom 18.60 20.10

Salinity ppt

16-11-2023 19-12-2023
Top 15.90
Bottom 16.10

D.O. mg/L

16-11-2023 19-12-2023
Top 7.47 7.92
Bottom 7.52 3.23

D.O. % Sat

16-11-2023 19-12-2023
Top 80.30 86.80
Bottom 80.60 35.60

Conductivity mS/cm

16-11-2023 19-12-2023
Top 22.80
Bottom 23.10
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