Observation

Channelsea River by Northern Outfall

Channelsea River

River or stream

August 3, 2026 at 5:24 PM

QA status: Reviewed: quality check complete

Weather observations

  • Current weather description

    Community scientist interpretation

    Sunny heatwave

  • Weather in the past 24hrs description

    Community scientist interpretation

    not rained for longer than a month

  • Current weather

    Community scientist interpretation

    • Sunny

  • Weather in the past 24hrs

    Community scientist interpretation

    • Sunny

Qualitative readings

  • Clarity

    Community scientist interpretation

    Cloudy

  • Colour

    Community scientist interpretation

    Brown

Issue reporting

  • Odour

    Community scientist interpretation

    None

  • Water surface

    Community scientist interpretation

    Natural debris

Physical tests

  • Water flow

    Community scientist interpretation

    Steady

  • Water level

    Community scientist interpretation

    High

Chemistry tests

  • Ammonia

    Hanna checker (ammonia - medium range)

    0.22 mg/L

  • Air temperature

    Other thermometer

    31 °C

  • Conductivity

    Other pen-type meter (conductivity)

    1,260 μS/cm

  • Water temperature

    Other thermometer

    25.2 °C

  • Turbidity

    Turbidity tube (45 cm)

    < 14 NTU

  • Total dissolved solids (TDS)

    Other pen-type meter (TDS)

    883 ppm

  • Phosphate

    Hanna checker (phosphate - low range)

    ≥ 2.5 mg/L

Notes

Nitrate = l.7mg/l