Jellyfish Compliance with SQIDEP · MCU15/0122

    Australian Journal of Water Research
    ISSN: 2203-9482 (Print) ISSN: 2203-9490 (Online)

    3. Results and Discussion
    The outcomes from the evaluation of seven qualifying rainfall events that occurred over a 5 month
    period from 28th June 2014 to 7th November 2014 are presented in this paper. Rainfall and runoff data
    for the monitored events are presented in Table 2.


    Table 2. Characteristics of Monitored Events
    Date Sampled         Rainfall Depth        Rainfall Duration     Peak Intensity          Number of
                         (mm)                  (minutes)             (mm/hr)                 Samples
                                                                                             collected
    28/06/2014           5.2                   19                    57                      3
    16/08/2014           33                    1222                  27.4                    24
    27/08/2014           7.2                   128                   13.7                    14
    25/09/2014           8.6                   214                   18.9                    4
    13/10/2014           7                     597                   15.4                    13
    27/10/2014           3                     36                    10.3                    7

    3.1 Parameter Concentration Values
    The laboratory test results for the monitored events are given in Table 3 and Table 4.


    Table 3. Water Quality Parameters: Solids, Nutrients and Organic Carbon
            Date
Sampling                       pH     EC       TSS      Nitrate    TKN       TN       Phosphate     TP     TOC
            sampled
Point       Units              pH    µS/cm     mg/L      mg/L      mg/L     mg/L        mg/L       mg/L    mg/L
            PQL                1.0     1         2       0.01       0.1      0.1        0.01        0.02   1.0
Inflow                         6.4    40        180      0.19       1.1      1.3       <0.01        0.24       5
            28/06/2014
Outflow                        6.8    120       13       0.11       1.2      1.3       0.03         0.24       5
Inflow                         7.3    70        170      0.33       2.4      2.8        0.18        0.41       9
            16/08/2014
Outflow                        7.1    50         2       0.28       0.2      0.5        0.02        0.03       4
Inflow                          7     120        19      0.42       0.6      1.1        0.06       0.093       4
            27/08/2014
Outflow                        6.9    70         2       0.17       0.3      0.5        0.02       0.05        2
Inflow                         6.9    150        26       1.9       1.7      3.1       0.02         0.17       9
            25/09/2014
Outflow                        6.6    55         4       0.28       0.8      1.1       <0.01        0.06       6
Inflow                         7      125        25      0.79        1       1.9        0.05        0.17       7
            13/10/2014
Outflow                        7      140        4       0.31       1.5      1.9        0.03        0.12       6
Inflow                         6.7    145        51      0.73       5.2       6         0.27        0.53       32
            27/10/2014
Outflow                        6.9    130        10      0.82       1.5      2.3        0.07        0.17       18
Inflow                         6.8    105        74      0.58       2.6      3.2        0.36        0.31       11
            06/11/2014
Outflow                        6.8    80         8       0.61        1       1.6        0.06        0.08       8
    Note: PQL – Practical Quantification Limit




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