| A Volunteer Community Awareness Program for Sach's
Creek |
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Monitoring |
Sach’s Creekwatch
is a volunteer group who spend time at the creek monitoring water quality,
fish populations and keeping an eye on the health of the creek system.
The team usually meet once a fortnight and welcomes anyone who would like
to take part. |
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| From August 2004 air and water temperature began to rise with a corresponding decrease in dissolved oxygen levels up to mid-December. |
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| Electrical Conductivity is well within the expected range. (Note: Error Bars depict standard deviation around the mean where there were multiple monthly readings taken.) |
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| Dissolved oxygen levels correspond to increases and decreases in flow rate with the highest score at the Swimming Hole where the creek course is narrower and flows over a rock shelf. |
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| Rainfall patterns reflect normal seasonal variations
(‘wet’ =Jan to Mar; ‘Dry’=Apr to Dec). Cormack’s Alert is an automatic weather station of the Bureau of Meteorology adjacent to Sach’s Creek (map). |
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For
further details please contact
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