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Me2 Balnarring Bridge
Site details
Overview
| Estuary | Merricks Creek Estuary |
|---|---|
| CMA | Melbourne Water |
| Type | Physico-Chemical |
| Site code | Me2 |
| Site name | Balnarring Bridge |
| Nearest road and town | Ballnarring Beach Road, Ballnarring |
| Description | Monitoring is conducted from the Balnarring Beach Road Bridge. |
| Site access | Park at the Parks Victoria office and walk to the centre of the Balnarring Beach Road Bridge. |
| Land use |
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| Land use description | Township of Balnarring and Foreshore Reserve. |
| Status | Active |
| Observation history | 01-02-2016 - 04-11-2024 |
Observations
Turbidity tubes do not measure below 9 NTU; Chart values of 9 should be interpreted as < 9 NTU
Observations
| Date | 01-01-2024 | 05-02-2024 | 12-03-2024 | 03-04-2024 | 06-05-2024 | 03-06-2024 | 01-07-2024 | 05-08-2024 | 10-09-2024 | 10-10-2024 | 04-11-2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Observation | #16014 | #16015 | #16088 | #16089 | #16181 | #16282 | #16283 | #16409 | #16410 | #16574 | #16575 |
Observation summaries
Turbidity NTU
| 01-01-2024 | 05-02-2024 | 12-03-2024 | 03-04-2024 | 06-05-2024 | 03-06-2024 | 01-07-2024 | 05-08-2024 | 10-09-2024 | 10-10-2024 | 04-11-2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Top | 20.0 | 22.0 | 60.0 | 12.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 25.0 |
| Bottom | 60.0 | 16.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 18.0 |
pH
| 01-01-2024 | 05-02-2024 | 12-03-2024 | 03-04-2024 | 06-05-2024 | 03-06-2024 | 01-07-2024 | 05-08-2024 | 10-09-2024 | 10-10-2024 | 04-11-2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Top | 7.5 | 7.4 | 7.8 | 8.6 | 8.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 8.6 | 8.2 | 8.2 | 7.7 |
| Bottom | 7.6 | 7.8 | 7.4 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 7.6 | 8.0 |
Ammonia mg/L
| 01-01-2024 | 05-02-2024 | 12-03-2024 | 03-04-2024 | 06-05-2024 | 03-06-2024 | 01-07-2024 | 05-08-2024 | 10-09-2024 | 10-10-2024 | 04-11-2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Bottom |
Enterococci orgs/100mL
| 01-01-2024 | 05-02-2024 | 12-03-2024 | 03-04-2024 | 06-05-2024 | 03-06-2024 | 01-07-2024 | 05-08-2024 | 10-09-2024 | 10-10-2024 | 04-11-2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Top | |||||||||||
| Bottom |
Temperature ° C
| 12-03-2024 | 03-04-2024 | 06-05-2024 | 03-06-2024 | 01-07-2024 | 05-08-2024 | 10-09-2024 | 10-10-2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Top | 22.50 | 16.20 | 16.30 | 12.10 | 9.30 | 8.20 | 14.40 | 12.70 |
| Bottom | 22.60 | 18.30 | 18.40 | 17.40 | 13.60 | 13.10 | 16.30 | 13.10 |
Salinity ppt
| 12-03-2024 | 03-04-2024 | 06-05-2024 | 03-06-2024 | 01-07-2024 | 05-08-2024 | 10-09-2024 | 10-10-2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Top | 31.90 | 2.20 | 8.00 | 2.10 | 1.30 | 1.90 | 1.70 | 2.70 |
| Bottom | 33.50 | 31.70 | 30.00 | 22.90 | 7.00 | 25.80 | 27.00 | 4.70 |
D.O. mg/L
| 12-03-2024 | 03-04-2024 | 06-05-2024 | 03-06-2024 | 01-07-2024 | 05-08-2024 | 10-09-2024 | 10-10-2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Top | 0.63 | 1.80 | 2.60 | 6.00 | 7.70 | 10.60 | 8.60 | 3.58 |
| Bottom | 0.50 | 1.04 | 0.67 | 0.50 | 0.70 | 0.90 | 1.10 | 9.40 |
D.O. % Sat
| 12-03-2024 | 03-04-2024 | 06-05-2024 | 03-06-2024 | 01-07-2024 | 05-08-2024 | 10-09-2024 | 10-10-2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Top | 8.40 | 18.50 | 26.00 | 56.00 | 65.90 | 95.00 | 84.50 | 82.60 |
| Bottom | 7.00 | 13.10 | 8.00 | 5.50 | 7.40 | 9.70 | 13.20 | 93.00 |
Conductivity mS/cm
| 12-03-2024 | 03-04-2024 | 06-05-2024 | 03-06-2024 | 01-07-2024 | 05-08-2024 | 10-09-2024 | 10-10-2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Top | 46.18 | 3.39 | 11.50 | 3.00 | 6.40 | 2.47 | 2.54 | 8.65 |
| Bottom | 49.00 | 42.30 | 40.00 | 31.00 | 9.40 | 31.00 | 35.10 | 6.08 |
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