Site details

Overview

Estuary Thompson Creek Estuary
CMA Corangamite CMA
Type Physico-Chemical
Site code T2
Site name Blackgate Road Pedestrian Bridge
Nearest road and town Breamlea. Blackgate Road.
Description The walkbridge over Thompson Creek which runs adjacent to Blackgate Road.
Site access Drive along Blackgate Road and park in the pullover area adjacent to the walkbridge.
Land use
  • Rural Grazing
Land use description
Status Active
Observation history 03-10-2007 - 20-08-2024
T2 Site Picture
Picture of Monitoring Site T2.
T2 Site Picture
Picture of Monitoring Site T2.

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 21-01-2024 18-02-2024 17-03-2024 21-04-2024 19-05-2024 16-06-2024 21-07-2024 20-08-2024
Observation #16309 #16312 #16315 #16318 #16321 #16324 #16327 #16294

Observation summaries

Turbidity NTU

21-01-2024 18-02-2024 17-03-2024 21-04-2024 19-05-2024 16-06-2024 21-07-2024 20-08-2024
Top 9.0 9.0 12.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 19.0 9.0
Bottom 9.0 9.0 11.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 19.0 9.0

pH

21-01-2024 18-02-2024 17-03-2024 21-04-2024 19-05-2024 16-06-2024 21-07-2024 20-08-2024
Top 7.8 8.0 8.0 8.1 8.2 7.8 7.9 8.3
Bottom 7.8 8.1 7.9 8.2 8.3 7.9 8.1 8.3

Ammonia mg/L

21-01-2024 18-02-2024 17-03-2024 21-04-2024 19-05-2024 16-06-2024 21-07-2024 20-08-2024
Top
Bottom

Enterococci orgs/100mL

21-01-2024 18-02-2024 17-03-2024 21-04-2024 19-05-2024 16-06-2024 21-07-2024 20-08-2024
Top
Bottom

Temperature ° C

21-01-2024 18-02-2024 17-03-2024 21-04-2024 19-05-2024 16-06-2024 21-07-2024 20-08-2024
Top 19.60 20.40 20.20 15.20 10.80 9.90 10.60 12.60
Bottom 19.80 20.50 21.10 14.40 10.70 9.90 10.40 12.50

Salinity ppt

21-01-2024 18-02-2024 17-03-2024 21-04-2024 19-05-2024 16-06-2024 21-07-2024 20-08-2024
Top 35.10 44.00 48.50 47.90 48.90 49.20 36.80 24.50
Bottom 35.30 43.80 50.50 47.90 48.90 49.30 39.60 24.50

D.O. mg/L

21-01-2024 18-02-2024 17-03-2024 21-04-2024 19-05-2024 16-06-2024 21-07-2024 20-08-2024
Top 5.66 4.27 7.62 8.91 10.12 9.88 11.80 10.17
Bottom 5.33 4.58 7.12 8.21 10.20 9.88 11.66 10.09

D.O. % Sat

21-01-2024 18-02-2024 17-03-2024 21-04-2024 19-05-2024 16-06-2024 21-07-2024 20-08-2024
Top 62.90 47.60 84.70 88.80 91.60 87.10 106.10 95.70
Bottom 61.50 50.90 80.50 79.60 91.70 86.90 104.50 94.70

Conductivity mS/cm

21-01-2024 18-02-2024 17-03-2024 21-04-2024 19-05-2024 16-06-2024 21-07-2024 20-08-2024
Top 50.08 62.80 69.30 68.50 69.90 70.30 52.60 35.00
Bottom 50.50 62.50 72.10 68.50 69.90 70.40 56.60 35.00
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