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Alligator Rivers region regional surface water quality monitoring : November 1978 - April 1981

Details:

Title

Alligator Rivers region regional surface water quality monitoring : November 1978 - April 1981

Other title

Alligator Rivers Region - Regional Surface Water Quality Monitoring, Volumes 1,2,3 (Plus draft)

Creator

Northern Territory. Department of Transport and Works. Water Division, Environmental Section

Collection

E-Publications; E-Books; PublicationNT; Report ; 49/1983

Date

1983-04-01

Notes

At head of title: Water Division, Dept. of Transport &​ Works, Northern Territory. "April 1983".

Language

English

Subject

Water quality -- Northern Territory -- Alligator Rivers Region; Hydrology -- Northern Territory -- Alligator Rivers Region

Publisher name

Northern Territory Government

Place of publication

Darwin

Series

Report ; 49/1983

Format

3 volumes. ; 30 cm

File type

application/pdf

Use

Attribution International 4.0 (CC BY 4.0)

Copyright owner

Northern Territory Government

License

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

Related links

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/672725 [Alligator Rivers region regional surface water quality monitoring : November 1978 - April 1981 - WRD83049_v_1.pdf]; https://hdl.handle.net/10070/672727 [Alligator Rivers region regional surface water quality monitoring : November 1978 - April 1981 - WRD83049_v_2.pdf]; https://hdl.handle.net/10070/672729 [Alligator Rivers region regional surface water quality monitoring : November 1978 - April 1981 - WRD83049_v_3.pdf]

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/229664

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/672725

Related items

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/672729; https://hdl.handle.net/10070/672727

Page content

Technical Report WRD83049 Viewed at 14:07:10 on 29/07/2010 Page 21 of 440. - ---~- --- --. -- -- --------- 2 0. 6 . S.~PLING ~~D ANALYSIS 6.1 Introduction Sampling frequency is normally monthly, however, preceding the wet season s&upling is carried out fortnightly in an effort to gauge the effects of the ''first flush''. Up to April 1981 (inclusive) all analyses have been carried out by a.TJ outside agency (k'!DEL). Samples are stored until a complete batch is collected, and sent to k~DEL on this batch basis (usually monthly) . 6.2 Sample Bottles Acid washed polypropylene or polyethylene bottles and solvent washed glass bottles are supplied by ANDEL in sets for each sampling run for actual transport of the pretreated and/or preserved samples to Adelaide. In addition bottles are prepared at the Jabiru field laboratory by Water Division technicians for s&uple collection purposes. Bottle preparation involves the following: l. Detergent washing (non ionic detergent) 2. Acid soa.~ing for new or dirty bottles ln 6M HN01 for l week or for "clean'' bottles lM HN0 1 for l week. 3. Rinsing several times with deionised, distilled water. Bottles for T.O.C. and D.O.C. sa.~ples are solvent washed glass bottles fitted with solvent washed alQ~iniQu foil seals. Bottles for dissolved oxygen sampling are also glass. 1-lhere nutrient analysis is involved (eg. nitrate) sample bottles are acid washed with hydrochloric acid instead of nitric acid. 6.3 S&upling Procedure Field sampling and sample preparation procedures are based on those methods set down by Batley (Appendix C). Sampling is carried out by a pair of field staff, gaining access by motor vehicle (dry season) or a combination of motor vehicle, boat, airboat and helicopter (wet season). At each site two samples are ta~en: l. A 2L sa.~ple is taken in a prepared polythene bottle. This is later split into subsam~les for general parfu~eter analvsis, metal filtration and field laboratory analysis. The sample is placed on ice for transport back to the field laboratory. I I I 1 1 I I I t I I I I I t I I I I I