Site details

Overview

Estuary Hopkins River Estuary
CMA Glenelg Hopkins CMA
Type Physico-Chemical
Site code H2
Site name Site two (Riverboat Cruise Pontoon)
Nearest road and town Simpson Street, Warrnambool
Description Pontoon located on the ocean side of the Riverboat. This pontoon extends out into the river beyond the other pontoons.
Site access Access via the boat ramp carpark located on Simpson Street .
Land use
  • Recreational
  • Urban Residential
Land use description This site is located adjacent to the boat ramp carpark. Bitumen surface.
Status Active
Observation history 11-07-2010 - 13-12-2024
Site two
Riverboat Cruise Pontoon

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 19-01-2024 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
Observation #15984 #16017 #16055 #16121 #16183 #16223 #16331 #16371 #16449 #16520 #16557 #16611

Observation summaries

Turbidity NTU

19-01-2024 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
Top 9.0 13.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.0
Bottom 9.0 52.0 9.0 9.0 10.0 9.0 9.0 10.0 9.0 9.0 12.0

pH

19-01-2024 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
Top 8.4 7.0 7.9 7.0 8.3 8.4 8.2 8.3 8.2 8.7 8.2 8.2
Bottom 8.2 6.9 8.0 7.5 7.9 8.2 8.0 8.1 8.3 8.0 7.9

Ammonia mg/L

19-01-2024 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
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Bottom

Enterococci orgs/100mL

19-01-2024 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
Top
Bottom

Temperature ° C

19-01-2024 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
Top 22.40 22.40 21.70 16.20 12.90 11.30 11.80 15.30 13.50 20.60 21.10 22.30
Bottom 17.20 19.70 21.20 16.30 14.40 12.80 12.50 14.10 13.30 16.60 19.00 20.60

Salinity ppt

19-01-2024 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
Top 17.30 17.40 19.90 13.80 7.30 7.30 13.10 11.00 16.30 8.90 9.80 12.60
Bottom 32.80 32.00 20.00 17.30 22.00 24.60 32.30 28.20 26.30 26.20 20.40 20.80

D.O. mg/L

19-01-2024 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
Top 8.34 8.48 7.41 8.75 10.29 11.35 9.46 11.39 9.39 10.29 8.86 8.28
Bottom 7.98 4.45 6.82 5.68 3.65 7.49 8.08 7.16 8.04 7.66 4.60 5.02

D.O. % Sat

19-01-2024 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
Top 106.50 107.00 94.40 95.00 100.70 106.90 94.50 122.00 100.10 121.30 105.00 102.90
Bottom 101.20 58.60 85.60 63.00 39.80 81.30 92.00 82.60 91.00 90.40 55.80 62.90

Conductivity mS/cm

19-01-2024 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
Top 28.10 28.22 31.86 22.72 12.67 12.75 21.58 18.37 26.62 15.16 16.61 21.07
Bottom 50.10 48.93 32.01 28.03 34.87 38.73 49.62 43.80 41.02 40.76 32.59 32.29
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