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Me1 Bridge at the estuary mouth

5 December 2023

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Observation details

Overview

Estuary Merricks Creek Estuary
Site Bridge at the estuary mouth
Observation ID #15891
Date and Time Tuesday 5th December 2023 11:35am
Approved Pending

Notes

Black water. Strong H2S odour.

Depth Profiling

Depth m Temperature °C Salinity ppt D.O. mg/L D.O. % sat EC mS/cm Notes
0.1m 20.70 22.20 0.20 2.5 35.15
Previous 19.4 30.4 1.1 13.9 46.7
Median 16.4 21.10 5.20 64.40 39.6
0.5m 19.80 30.10 0.16 2.2 46.40
Previous 16.5 29.7 3.6 44.6 45.8
Median 16.4 21.10 5.44 67.20 39.6
1.0m 19.50 31.00 0.21 2.7 47.50
Previous 16.5 33.9 0.2 2.5 51.5
Median 16.5 30.20 1.54 19.40 44.7

Top-Bottom Sampling

Depth m Turbidity NTU pH
Top 0.1 50 6.5
Previous 0.1 9 6.8
Median 0.1 10 7.4
Bottom
Previous 1.0
Median 0.5

Other details

Max depth 1.10
Previous 1.10
Median 0.60
Flow estimate Slow

Observation Documents

Link Date File name Description

Download 		05-12-2023 14:38 MP4_20231205_1_070.JPG mep1_4

Download 		05-12-2023 14:38 MP4_20231205_2_250.JPG mep1_5

Preceding Observations

C Estuary is closed to the sea. O Estuary is open to the sea. P Perched
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