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            Painkalac Creek Estuary
        
 
                    - Observations
 
        - 12-10-2025
 
    
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        CAUTION: This observation has not yet been reviewed by an EstuaryWatch coordinator.
    
    
        
  Observation details
    
    
        
        
    
        
        Depth Profiling
        
            
                
                    | 
                        Depth m
                     | 
                    
                     | 
                    
                        Temperature °C
                     | 
                    
                        Salinity ppt
                     | 
                    
                        D.O. mg/L
                     | 
                    
                        D.O. % sat
                     | 
                    
                        EC mS/cm
                     | 
                    
                        Notes
                     | 
                
                                    
                        | 
                            0.1m
                         | 
                        
                         | 
                        
                            16.60                         | 
                        
                            1.10                         | 
                        
                            7.67                         | 
                        
                            78.7                         | 
                        
                            1.53                         | 
                        
                                                     | 
                    
                    
                        | 
                            Previous
                         | 
                        
                            15.4                         | 
                        
                            7.0
                         | 
                        
                            8.1
                         | 
                        
                            81.0
                         | 
                        
                            9.9                         | 
                    
                    
                        | 
                            Median
                         | 
                        
                            19.1
                         | 
                        
                            13.40
                         | 
                        
                            7.35
                         | 
                        
                            82.00
                         | 
                        
                            20.1
                         | 
                    
                                    
                        | 
                            0.5m
                         | 
                        
                         | 
                        
                            18.30                         | 
                        
                            5.10                         | 
                        
                            8.81                         | 
                        
                            94.5                         | 
                        
                            7.91                         | 
                        
                                                     | 
                    
                    
                        | 
                            Previous
                         | 
                        
                            13.4                         | 
                        
                            7.7
                         | 
                        
                            10.1
                         | 
                        
                            96.2
                         | 
                        
                            10.4                         | 
                    
                    
                        | 
                            Median
                         | 
                        
                            19.1
                         | 
                        
                            15.50
                         | 
                        
                            7.35
                         | 
                        
                            82.90
                         | 
                        
                            20.1
                         | 
                    
                                    
                        | 
                            1.0m
                         | 
                        
                         | 
                        
                            17.70                         | 
                        
                            6.50                         | 
                        
                            7.74                         | 
                        
                            82.1                         | 
                        
                            9.74                         | 
                        
                                                     | 
                    
                    
                        | 
                            Previous
                         | 
                        
                            15.2                         | 
                        
                            7.4
                         | 
                        
                            8.4
                         | 
                        
                            83.3
                         | 
                        
                            10.5                         | 
                    
                    
                        | 
                            Median
                         | 
                        
                            18.5
                         | 
                        
                            15.90
                         | 
                        
                            5.08
                         | 
                        
                            63.00
                         | 
                        
                            23.6
                         | 
                    
                                    
                        | 
                            1.5m
                         | 
                        
                         | 
                        
                            17.20                         | 
                        
                            6.70                         | 
                        
                            7.17                         | 
                        
                            75.1                         | 
                        
                            9.91                         | 
                        
                                                     | 
                    
                    
                        | 
                            Previous
                         | 
                        
                            13.1                         | 
                        
                            8.2
                         | 
                        
                            5.0
                         | 
                        
                            46.7
                         | 
                        
                            10.9                         | 
                    
                    
                        | 
                            Median
                         | 
                        
                            19.7
                         | 
                        
                            15.90
                         | 
                        
                            5.07
                         | 
                        
                            52.20
                         | 
                        
                            25.4
                         | 
                    
                
            
         
     
 
    
        
        Top-Bottom Sampling
        
            
                | 
                 | 
                
                    Depth m
                 | 
                
                    Turbidity NTU
                 | 
                
                    pH
                 | 
            
            
                | 
                    Top
                 | 
                
                    0.1                 | 
                
                    9                 | 
                
                    7.8                 | 
            
            
                | 
                    Previous
                 | 
                
                    0.1                 | 
                
                    9                 | 
                
                    7.8                 | 
            
            
                | 
                    Median
                 | 
                
                    0.1                 | 
                
                    9                 | 
                
                    7.1                 | 
            
            
                | 
                    Bottom
                 | 
                
                    1.5                 | 
                
                    9                 | 
                
                    8.0                 | 
            
            
                | 
                    Previous
                 | 
                
                    1.4                 | 
                
                    10                 | 
                
                    8.0                 | 
            
            
                | 
                    Median
                 | 
                
                    1.2                 | 
                
                    9                 | 
                
                    7.1                 | 
            
        
     
    
        Other details
        
            
                | 
                    Max depth
                 | 
                
                    1.60
                 | 
            
            
                | 
                    Previous
                 | 
                
                    1.50                 | 
            
            
                | 
                    Median
                 | 
                
                    1.25                 | 
            
            
                | 
                    Flow estimate
                 | 
                
                    Pool                 | 
            
                    
     
 
    
        
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            Preceding Observations
            
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