Unstead Wetland Reserve

Small pond near pipes which is seeping into a larger pond. Maximum depth near sampling point was 3".

I did not sample or test this location today. No water was discharging from the pipes, which bring water from the Unstead Wetland lagoons, into the pond. There was a very small pool beneath the pipes with a depth of water of no more than 3". Further away there was a larger very shallow pond/pool which I did not want to venture into on safety grounds. This pond/pool looked stagnant.

The sample was taken from a small pond fed by the two pipes, that was disconnected from a larger pond. Very little water was flowing out of the two pipes.

There was a slow trickle coming out of the two pipes

The water level was above the outflow pipes

There were a few dead branches floating on the surface of the water, away from the two pipes that bring in water from other lagoons. What we believe could be another exit point to the reserve (low circular brick structure) was completely submerged today which wasn't the case last month or the month before.

A water test was not undertaken at this location because there is no longer water anywhere near the pipe that feeds the pond, apart from a very small pool a metre or so from the pipe (see photo). Water is no longer entering the pond from the other lagoons. The pond was noticeably dry around the sampling point. There was evidence of water, at a much lower level than last month, some distance away.

The water is clear around the inlet but much of the pond is covered with duckweed which grows on slow flowing water. The water flow, colour, clarity & odour relate to the outlet, the water level relates to the pond.