Site details

Overview

Estuary Hopkins River Estuary
CMA Glenelg Hopkins CMA
Type Physico-Chemical
Site code H1
Site name Site one (Hopkins River Bridge)
Nearest road and town Hopkins Point Road, Warrnambool
Description Ocean side of bridge, between the 29th and 30th post (counting from the western side of bridge) infront of the fishing ruler.
Site access Park in the carpark located on the eastern side of the bridge.
Land use
  • Native Bushland
  • Recreational
  • Urban Residential
Land use description Coastal reserve on downstream side of bridge, and urban residential on upstream side of bridge.
Status Active
Observation history 01-01-2000 - 17-01-2025
Site One (Estuary Mouth)
Volunteers at site one.

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 16-02-2024 15-03-2024 20-04-2024 25-05-2024 22-06-2024 21-07-2024 17-08-2024 21-09-2024 21-10-2024 15-11-2024 13-12-2024 17-01-2025
Observation #16016 #16054 #16120 #16182 #16222 #16329 #16370 #16448 #16519 #16556 #16610 #16658

Observation summaries

Turbidity NTU

16-02-2024 15-03-2024 20-04-2024 25-05-2024 22-06-2024 21-07-2024 17-08-2024 21-09-2024 21-10-2024 15-11-2024 13-12-2024 17-01-2025
Top 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.0
Bottom 9.0 17.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.0

pH

16-02-2024 15-03-2024 20-04-2024 25-05-2024 22-06-2024 21-07-2024 17-08-2024 21-09-2024 21-10-2024 15-11-2024 13-12-2024 17-01-2025
Top 7.0 8.0 7.5 8.3 8.4 8.2 8.3 7.8 8.6 8.1 8.1 8.0
Bottom 6.9 8.0 7.5 7.7 8.0 7.9 8.0 7.9 8.2 7.8 7.7 7.7

Ammonia mg/L

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Enterococci orgs/100mL

16-02-2024 15-03-2024 20-04-2024 25-05-2024 22-06-2024 21-07-2024 17-08-2024 21-09-2024 21-10-2024 15-11-2024 13-12-2024 17-01-2025
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Temperature ° C

16-02-2024 15-03-2024 20-04-2024 25-05-2024 22-06-2024 21-07-2024 17-08-2024 21-09-2024 21-10-2024 15-11-2024 13-12-2024 17-01-2025
Top 21.50 21.00 16.20 12.80 11.20 11.90 14.70 13.60 19.90 20.10 21.80 23.40
Bottom 18.90 19.70 16.30 15.20 12.90 12.60 14.00 13.40 16.30 18.10 20.20 23.20

Salinity ppt

16-02-2024 15-03-2024 20-04-2024 25-05-2024 22-06-2024 21-07-2024 17-08-2024 21-09-2024 21-10-2024 15-11-2024 13-12-2024 17-01-2025
Top 17.90 20.10 13.80 8.00 7.30 12.20 11.60 15.80 8.90 9.90 12.70 10.00
Bottom 33.00 21.40 17.30 26.50 26.80 30.20 29.10 26.70 27.70 23.70 22.80 10.00

D.O. mg/L

16-02-2024 15-03-2024 20-04-2024 25-05-2024 22-06-2024 21-07-2024 17-08-2024 21-09-2024 21-10-2024 15-11-2024 13-12-2024 17-01-2025
Top 9.49 6.97 9.38 10.63 11.09 9.64 10.82 9.40 9.51 8.57 8.00 8.03
Bottom 0.22 1.17 5.87 1.85 6.62 8.47 5.52 7.81 6.45 0.97 0.36 7.48

D.O. % Sat

16-02-2024 15-03-2024 20-04-2024 25-05-2024 22-06-2024 21-07-2024 17-08-2024 21-09-2024 21-10-2024 15-11-2024 13-12-2024 17-01-2025
Top 106.80 86.50 102.10 104.10 104.10 96.10 115.10 100.30 109.50 99.80 98.30 99.10
Bottom 2.80 10.60 65.10 20.70 72.70 95.90 63.30 88.40 75.30 11.70 4.80 91.70

Conductivity mS/cm

16-02-2024 15-03-2024 20-04-2024 25-05-2024 22-06-2024 21-07-2024 17-08-2024 21-09-2024 21-10-2024 15-11-2024 13-12-2024 17-01-2025
Top 28.95 32.16 22.78 13.70 12.75 20.41 19.34 25.90 15.06 16.81 21.21 17.00
Bottom 50.20 34.10 28.04 41.12 41.79 46.56 45.04 41.71 43.19 37.28 36.21 17.04
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