INTEGRATED WATER QUALITY MONITORING PROGRAM - BURGESS CREEK · Unitywater Burgess Creek REMP 2022 Annual Review (A7703347)

                                                                           Burgess Creek Monitoring Program
                                                                                                   Annual Review 2022



             Table 7. List of water quality characteristics measured as part of the
             Burgess Creek REMP.

              Parameters                                Units                Limits of Detection

              E.coli                                    cfu/100mL            1

              Faecal Coliforms                          cfu/100mL            1
              Enterococci                               cfu/100mL            1

              pH                                        pHU                  0.1

              Temperature                               ℃                    0.01
              Dissolved Oxygen                          mg/L                 0.1

              Conductivity                              µS/cm                5

              Ammonia                                   mg/L                 0.005

              NOx                                       mg/L                 0.005

              Phosphate                                 mg/L                 0.005

              Total Nitrogen                            mg/L                 0.01

              Total Phosphorus                          mg/L                 0.01

              Chlorophyll a                             µg/L                 1

              Chlorophyll a: Pheophytin ratio           ratio                Not applicable

              Suspended Solids                          mg/L                 2

              Flow Rate                                 Not Applicable       Not applicable
             Note: The estimated flow rate has been converted into a rating from zero to five based on the
             estimated flow rate at each monitoring site, as calculated previously (Lowe, 2016).


5.0 Results
In 2021, sampling was conducted monthly as scheduled for 2021, with 12 sampling events
undertaken on the following dates:
         •     20 January 2021;                                  •     8 July 2021;
         •     4 February 2021;                                  •     5 August 2021;
         •     10 March 2021;                                    •     29 September 2021;
         •     21 April 2021;                                    •     14 October 2021;
         •     19 May 2021;                                      •     11 November 2021
         •     9 June 2021;                                      •     10 December 2021.

All samples were collected and analysed from monitoring sites B1, B2, B3, B6 and SW3
throughout the Calendar year. At monitoring site B5, samples were collected and analysed
from 11 out of 12 sampling events. Sampling was not undertaken in July due to restricted

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