Observation

Hatch Roundabout - Upstream

The Ching

River or stream

October 1, 2025 at 10:59 AM

QA status: Reviewed: quality check complete

Weather observations

  • Current weather

    Community scientist interpretation

    • Cloudy

  • Weather in the past 24hrs

    Community scientist interpretation

    • Sunny

Qualitative readings

  • Clarity

    Community scientist interpretation

    Clear

  • Colour

    Community scientist interpretation

    Colourless

Plants/wildlife

  • Algae

    Community scientist interpretation

    None

Issue reporting

  • Odour

    Community scientist interpretation

    None

  • Pollution sources

    Community scientist interpretation

    Residential discharge, Urban/road discharge

  • Water surface

    Community scientist interpretation

    None

Physical tests

  • Water flow

    Community scientist interpretation

    Slow

  • Water level

    Community scientist interpretation

    Low

Chemistry tests

  • Ammonia

    Hanna checker (ammonia - medium range)

    0.14 mg/L

  • Phosphate

    Hanna checker (phosphate - low range)

    2.23 mg/L

Notes

No scum at sample point but small area of thin scum 2m upstream behind a natural 'damn'.