Site details

Overview

Estuary Powlett River Estuary
CMA West Gippsland CMA
Type Physico-Chemical
Site code Po5
Site name Site five (Daly Bridge)
Nearest road and town Daly Street, Dalyston
Description Pedestrian bridge located at the end of Daly Street. This bridge crosses the Powlett River, and is part of the Kilcunda Rail Trail.
Site access Turn off the Bass Hwy and head down Daly Street. At the very end of Daly Street you will find the Daly Street pedestrian bridge and the Powlett River.
Land use
  • Rural Grazing
Land use description This site is surrounded by beef cattle grazing land, that is not fenced off from the river.
Status Active
Observation history 01-04-2010 - 25-10-2024

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 16-01-2024 08-02-2024 27-03-2024 30-04-2024 08-08-2024 04-09-2024 09-09-2024 16-09-2024 20-09-2024 23-09-2024 24-09-2024 25-09-2024 26-09-2024 15-10-2024 25-10-2024
Observation #15973 #16003 #16099 #16244 #16352 #16424 #16423 #16445 #16495 #16496 #16497 #16498 #16499 #16527 #16528

Observation summaries

Turbidity NTU

16-01-2024 08-02-2024 27-03-2024 30-04-2024 08-08-2024 04-09-2024 09-09-2024 16-09-2024 20-09-2024 23-09-2024 24-09-2024 25-09-2024 26-09-2024 15-10-2024 25-10-2024
Top 7.2 10.6 5.1 6.9 27.8 30.5 30.3 12.3 13.4 96.2 65.7 31.3 41.4 6.3 21.6
Bottom 4.0 5.7 4.5 5.9 19.5 5.1 14.5 1.0 2.7 5.8 9.3 8.3 11.2 3.3 7.6

pH

16-01-2024 08-02-2024 27-03-2024 30-04-2024 08-08-2024 04-09-2024 09-09-2024 16-09-2024 20-09-2024 23-09-2024 24-09-2024 25-09-2024 26-09-2024 15-10-2024 25-10-2024
Top 7.6 8.0 7.5 7.9 7.4 7.6 7.8 7.6 7.0 7.5 7.3 7.5 6.9 6.6
Bottom 7.7 7.8 7.6 7.5 7.6 7.5 7.5 7.3 7.1 7.2 7.1 7.2 7.5 7.3

Ammonia mg/L

16-01-2024 08-02-2024 27-03-2024 30-04-2024 08-08-2024 04-09-2024 09-09-2024 16-09-2024 20-09-2024 23-09-2024 24-09-2024 25-09-2024 26-09-2024 15-10-2024 25-10-2024
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Enterococci orgs/100mL

16-01-2024 08-02-2024 27-03-2024 30-04-2024 08-08-2024 04-09-2024 09-09-2024 16-09-2024 20-09-2024 23-09-2024 24-09-2024 25-09-2024 26-09-2024 15-10-2024 25-10-2024
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Temperature ° C

16-01-2024 08-02-2024 27-03-2024 30-04-2024 08-08-2024 04-09-2024 09-09-2024 16-09-2024 20-09-2024 23-09-2024 24-09-2024 25-09-2024 26-09-2024 15-10-2024 25-10-2024
Top 25.80 22.70 20.70 12.30 9.90 10.30 13.00 11.60 12.20 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 16.70 16.00
Bottom 19.80 22.00 19.60 16.80 9.90 11.90 11.70 11.90 12.10 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 14.50 15.50

Salinity ppt

16-01-2024 08-02-2024 27-03-2024 30-04-2024 08-08-2024 04-09-2024 09-09-2024 16-09-2024 20-09-2024 23-09-2024 24-09-2024 25-09-2024 26-09-2024 15-10-2024 25-10-2024
Top 4.50 25.90 28.50 1.50 0.60 3.70 0.80 0.90 1.30 0.80 1.30 1.00 0.90 19.80 0.50
Bottom 33.00 34.10 30.70 32.80 14.00 33.90 33.50 33.40 33.30 32.20 30.80 29.40 30.20 32.50 30.10

D.O. mg/L

16-01-2024 08-02-2024 27-03-2024 30-04-2024 08-08-2024 04-09-2024 09-09-2024 16-09-2024 20-09-2024 23-09-2024 24-09-2024 25-09-2024 26-09-2024 15-10-2024 25-10-2024
Top 4.96 6.67 7.75 7.65 8.13 7.74 7.83 8.46 8.00 6.30 5.97 5.56 6.05 4.93 6.57
Bottom 4.24 3.00 5.71 1.78 4.51 4.17 2.85 1.58 0.64 0.67 1.14 0.75 0.65 2.44 2.53

D.O. % Sat

16-01-2024 08-02-2024 27-03-2024 30-04-2024 08-08-2024 04-09-2024 09-09-2024 16-09-2024 20-09-2024 23-09-2024 24-09-2024 25-09-2024 26-09-2024 15-10-2024 25-10-2024
Top 62.50 88.70 100.90 71.00 71.70 70.20 74.50 77.10 75.60 60.30 57.60 55.40 56.20 56.60 66.40
Bottom 56.40 41.30 73.70 22.00 43.30 47.30 32.30 17.80 7.40 7.70 12.19 8.60 7.40 29.10 30.30

Conductivity mS/cm

16-01-2024 08-02-2024 27-03-2024 30-04-2024 08-08-2024 04-09-2024 09-09-2024 16-09-2024 20-09-2024 23-09-2024 24-09-2024 25-09-2024 26-09-2024 15-10-2024 25-10-2024
Top 8.13 40.42 44.04 2.89 1.21 6.77 1.56 1.69 2.45 1.50 2.57 1.99 1.67 31.58 1.05
Bottom 50.23 48.83 47.11 49.90 23.20 51.59 51.15 50.98 50.81 49.21 47.37 45.37 46.46 49.56 46.22
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