Site details

Overview

Estuary Painkalac Creek Estuary
CMA Corangamite CMA
Type Physico-Chemical
Site code P5
Site name Woods Property Fairhaven
Nearest road and town Bimbadeen Drive, Fairhaven
Description Fishing jetty at private property. Property owner consent required for access.
Site access Access through woods property (i.e. private property) along estuary bank towards the fishing platform.
Land use
  • Rural Grazing
  • Rural Residential
Land use description Open space
Status Active
Observation history 23-05-2007 - 10-11-2024
Photo of Site P5
Photo of phys/chem site P5

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 13-01-2024 11-02-2024 10-03-2024 14-04-2024 11-05-2024 09-06-2024 13-07-2024 11-08-2024 12-10-2024 10-11-2024
Observation #15991 #16020 #16058 #16116 #16177 #16206 #16280 #16462 #16510 #16567

Observation summaries

Turbidity NTU

13-01-2024 11-02-2024 10-03-2024 14-04-2024 11-05-2024 09-06-2024 13-07-2024 11-08-2024 12-10-2024 10-11-2024
Top 24.0 12.0 9.0 9.0 12.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.0
Bottom 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.0

pH

13-01-2024 11-02-2024 10-03-2024 14-04-2024 11-05-2024 09-06-2024 13-07-2024 11-08-2024 12-10-2024 10-11-2024
Top 7.2 6.9 7.5 7.4 6.8 7.1 7.0 7.4 7.1 7.2
Bottom 6.9 7.1 7.4 7.3 7.1 7.0 7.0 7.3 7.2 7.8

Ammonia mg/L

13-01-2024 11-02-2024 10-03-2024 14-04-2024 11-05-2024 09-06-2024 13-07-2024 11-08-2024 12-10-2024 10-11-2024
Top
Bottom

Enterococci orgs/100mL

13-01-2024 11-02-2024 10-03-2024 14-04-2024 11-05-2024 09-06-2024 13-07-2024 11-08-2024 12-10-2024 10-11-2024
Top
Bottom

Temperature ° C

13-01-2024 11-02-2024 10-03-2024 14-04-2024 11-05-2024 09-06-2024 13-07-2024 11-08-2024 12-10-2024 10-11-2024
Top 21.00 21.00 24.40 20.70 15.30 12.80 11.70 14.30 17.70 21.40
Bottom 23.10 27.30 23.00 21.50 18.00 14.70 13.00 15.70 20.20 21.10

Salinity ppt

13-01-2024 11-02-2024 10-03-2024 14-04-2024 11-05-2024 09-06-2024 13-07-2024 11-08-2024 12-10-2024 10-11-2024
Top 1.10 10.20 19.80 1.90 2.50 9.30 12.30 10.60 12.40
Bottom 26.00 23.40 23.10 20.00 13.60 11.10 15.80 15.90 13.70

D.O. mg/L

13-01-2024 11-02-2024 10-03-2024 14-04-2024 11-05-2024 09-06-2024 13-07-2024 11-08-2024 12-10-2024 10-11-2024
Top 7.30 6.72 5.26 6.89 8.61 8.93 8.13 10.20 7.90 6.83
Bottom 2.05 5.68 5.42 4.02 3.18 5.08 4.91 11.01 8.67 9.09

D.O. % Sat

13-01-2024 11-02-2024 10-03-2024 14-04-2024 11-05-2024 09-06-2024 13-07-2024 11-08-2024 12-10-2024 10-11-2024
Top 82.00 74.90 63.00 76.80 85.20 84.30 75.50 98.70 82.60 77.20
Bottom 26.00 71.00 63.00 45.50 35.00 50.10 47.00 109.00 95.20 102.30

Conductivity mS/cm

13-01-2024 11-02-2024 10-03-2024 14-04-2024 11-05-2024 09-06-2024 13-07-2024 11-08-2024 12-10-2024 10-11-2024
Top 1.52 16.00 29.10 2.77 3.53 11.80 16.30 15.34 19.26
Bottom 39.10 38.70 34.10 27.70 18.09 14.43 21.24 23.60 20.92
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