Tony Bernardi inspects the creek while Rhyce Kew and Connor Welch from RSK Welding prepare the stream gauge housing.
A new stream gauge and housing has now been installed on the ‘Landtasia’ property as part of the Mulloon Rehydration Initiative (MRI), in the upper section of Mulloon Creek and the project area.
The stream gauge housing needs to protect the instruments from potential debris washed downstream, allow for ease of ongoing maintenance, and keep them secured in the correct location for accuracy.
The logger box for the stream gauge is located away from the creek and the impact of potential flooding and is enclosed to protect it from animals.
The housing will be host to a new set of instruments to measure water level and water quality such as, pH, EC (salt), turbidity, temperature, oxygen reduction potential (ORP), and dissolved oxygen. This will add excellent data to the five existing stream gauges in the lower sections of the Mulloon catchment. All data will be automatically telemetered back to TMI’s partner HydroTerra and made available through their Datastream website portal.
The new stream gauge housing was installed by TMI staff Luke Peel, Tony Bernardi, James Diack, Joe Skuse, Damon Mudge. Huge thanks also to Rhyce Kew and Connor Welch from RSK Welding who supplied the steel components and also provided expert skills in constructing and modifying the housing on-site with guidance from TMI’s hydrologist, Tony Bernardi.
The Mulloon Rehydration Initiative is jointly funded through the Mulloon Institute and the Australian Government’s National Landcare Program and is supported by various affiliates.
VIEW locations of current monitoring sites.
Rhyce Kew and Connor Welch from RSK Welding.