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 - 23-01-2025

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 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 23-01-2025
Observation #16003 #16099 #16244 #16352 #16424 #16423 #16445 #16495 #16496 #16497 #16498 #16499 #16527 #16528 #16687

Observation summaries

Turbidity NTU

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 23-01-2025
Top 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 3.6
Bottom 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 3.0

pH

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 23-01-2025
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 7.6
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 7.7

Ammonia mg/L

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 23-01-2025
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Enterococci orgs/100mL

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 23-01-2025
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Temperature ° C

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 23-01-2025
Top 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 21.80
Bottom 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 22.60

Salinity ppt

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 23-01-2025
Top 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 23.10
Bottom 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 27.00

D.O. mg/L

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 23-01-2025
Top 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 6.82
Bottom 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 4.82

D.O. % Sat

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 23-01-2025
Top 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 89.30
Bottom 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 65.40

Conductivity mS/cm

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 23-01-2025
Top 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 36.50
Bottom 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 41.97
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