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| 6. | Be scientifically credible |
| 7. | Be easy to understand |
| 8. | Be monitored with relative ease |
| 9. | Be cost-effective |
| 10. | Have relevance to policy and management needs |
| 11. | Contribute to monitoring of progress towards implementing commitments in nationally important environmental policies |
| 14. | Where possible and appropriate, use existing commercial and managerial indicators |
| 15. | Where possible and appropriate, be consistent and comparable with other countries� and state and territory indicators |
Daily measurements
Temporal range of the available data, as described by the metadata record, is from 01-May-1995 .
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Figures for the three stations show considerable variation, exceeding plant specifications of 60 mg/litre for approximately 50% of the time logged (Davis and Casey) and for most of the time (Mawson).
June 2004 - BOD results are well within plant specifications and the monthly trend seems to be down, which is encouraging.
Mawson January 2005 - Hi Geoff, both the BOD and SS are around plant specs indicating the treatment plant is operating well. T.Bailey 18/2
Mawson, January 2006 - Hi James, the suspended solids and BOD results for this month are well within the acceptable specifications for the plant. All seems well. A.McEldowney 30/1
Casey March 2006 - Hi Lloyd, the suspended solids are within plant specifications, but the BOD is a little higher than the level specified. The result is lower than last month, and presumably the trend will continue lower next month with fewer people on station. A. McEldowney 3/4/06
Mawson November 2006 - Hi Jim & Jo, no change from previous months. As has been the case all year, both the BOD and SS are well within the plant specs. This indicates that the sewage treatment plant is continuing to operate well. T. Bailey 16/11
Mawson September 2007- Hi Jo, BOD and SS are well within plant specifications. A. McEldowney 3/10
Casey October 2007 - Hi John, The BOD result is now back within the plant specifications, indicating the plant has recovered compared to previous results. Suspended solids is a little above specified level. Let's see how it looks next month. A.McEldowney 16/10
Casey January 2008 - Hi Heleen, as has been the case over the last few months, both SS & BOD are very low and well within plant specs indicating the plant is going along nicely. T. Bailey 25/02
Casey June 2008 - Hi Heleen, The SS and BOD are still well within required specifications, indicating the plant is still working well. A. McEldowney 2/7/08
Casey November 2008 - Hi Heleen, both the BOD and SS are well within the plant specifications, indicating the plant is working well. A. McEldowney
Mawson January 2009 - Hi Peter, the BOD and SS are within the required specifications, indicating plant is working well. A. McEldowney 15/1/09
Casey January 2009 - Hi Trevor, the BOD is within the specifications required of the treatment plant, but the SS result is well above, probably due to increased load on the system at this time of year. A. McEldowney 27/1/09
Casey February 2009 - Hi Trevor, as you mentioned in your email, both the BOD and the SS are above the plant specifications this month, probably due to the extra loading during summer. We should monitor the levels for the next month to see if they reduce to acceptable levels. A. McEldowney 23/2/09
Casey December 2009 - Hi Kevin, the BOD is still well above the required plant specifications, and the SS is right on the upper limit. A. McEldowney 22/12
Mawson December 2009 - Hi Anne, both BOD and SS are within plant specifications, indicating the plant is working well. A. McEldowney 23/12
Casey January 2010 - Hi Kevin, the BOD is less than last month, so the effluent is improving, but both BOD and SS are still above the specifications of the plant. A.McEldowney 22/1
Casey February 2010 - Hi Kevin, the BOD and SS are both still above the plant specifications, as they have been since November last year. The plant is not performing as it should A. McEldowney 26/2
Casey March 2010 - Hi Kevin, BOD is now within plant specifications, and the SS is just above, so it looks like the plant is recovering. A. McEldowney 29/3
Mawson March 2010 - Hi Jim, SS is above the plant limits while the BOD is well within speification. A.McEldowney 31/3
Casey April 2010 - Hi Kevin, BOD and SS are both well within plant specifications. A.McEldowney 20/4
Mawson April 2010 - Hi James, much the same as last month, the SS is still above the plant specifications, but the BOD is good. A.McEldowney 4/5
Casey May 2010 - Hi Kevin, BOD and SS are both well within plant specifications, all is looking good. A.McEldowney 17/6
Mawson May 2010 - Hi Jim, BOD level is good but the SS is still above the plant specifications. A. McEldowney 17/6
Casey Jun 2010 - Hi Kevin, BOD and SS are both well with in plant specifications. Plant seems to be working well. A.McEldowney
Casey July 2010 - Hi Kevin, both BOD and SS are within the design specifications of the plant, indicating it is working well. A.McEldowney
Mawson July 2010 - Hi James, both BOD and SS are within the design specifications of the treatment plant, indicating it is working well. A.McEldowney
Casey August 2010 - Hi Kevin, BOD and SS are both well within the design specifications of the plant. A. McEldowney
Casey Sept 2010 - Hi Kevin, both BOD and SS look good this month, the plant is working well. A.McEldowney
Mawson September 2010 - Hi James, BOD and SS results are with the required range again this month. A. McEldowney
Casey October 2010 - Hi Kevin, BOD and SS values are well within the design specifications of the sewage plant again this month. A. McEldowney
Mawson October 2010 - Hi James, both BOD and SS are within plant specifications again this month. A.McEldowney
Casey November 2010 - Hi Kate, both the SS and BOD are well over the specifications of the plant. I'm guessing it has been overwhelmed by the influx of people. Let's see if it recovers next month. A.McEldowney
Mawson November 2010 - Hi Anne, glad to see you made it! The BOD and SS results for this month are within the design specifications of the plant, so all looks good. A.McEldowney
Casey December 2010 - Hi Kate, BOD and SS are both just over the limits specified for the plant, but have mostly recovered from the peak of last month. A.McEldowney
Mawson December 2010 - Hi Anne, both the BOD and SS are within the design specifications of the plant this month, so all is looking good. SS is very low, could you have entered it as g/l, instead of mg/l? A. McEldowney
Mawson February 2011 - Hi Anne, the BOD is a bit high this month, just over the limit but the SS is within the design specifications of the plant. Let's see if the BOD has recovered by next month. A.McEldowney
Casey February 2011 - Hi Kate, the BOD is high again this month, well above the plant specifications. The SS is very low. A. McEldowney
Mawson March 2011 - Hi Rich, this month the BOD is within plant specifications, but the SS is roughly double what is should be. The results seem to have been a bit up and down lately, but should settle down as head into winter. A. McEldowney
Casey March 2011 - Hi Kate, the BOD and SS are both within the design specifications of the plant, so all is going well.
Casey April 2011 - Hi Kate, BOD and SS are again well within the ranges given in the design specifications, so the plant is still functioning correctly. A.McEldowney
Casey May 2011 - Hi Kate, BOD and SS are within the design specifications of the sewage plant again this month. A.McEldowney
Casey June 2011 - Hi Kate, BOD and SS are well within the plant design specifications this month, all is looking good. A.McEldowney
Casey July 2011 - Hi Kate, BOD and SS are again well within the sewage plants design specifications A.McEldowney
Casey August 2011 - Hi Kate, BOD and SS are looking good again this month. A.McEldowney
Casey September 2011 - Hi Kate, BOD and SS look good again this month. A.McEldowney
Mawson October 2011 - Hi Rich, the BOD is within plant specifications this month, so it appears to be working well. A.McEldowney
Casey October 2011 - Hi Kate, BOD and SS results for this month are again within the plant specifications. A.McEldowney
Casey November 2011 - Hi Kate, BOD this month is within the specified limits for the plant, but SS is a bit over the limit. A.McEldowney
Mawson November 2011 - Hi Lloyd, BOD level this month is within the plant's specified operating limits. A.McEldowney
Mawson January 2012 - Hi Lloyd, BOD is within plant specifications this month. A.McEldowney
Mawson December 2011 - Hi Lloyd, BOD is good this month. A.McEldowney
Mawson February 2012 - High Lloyd, BOD and SS are higher than plant specifications this month, reflecting the increased load on the system. Hopefully next months figures will return to more normal levels. A.McEldowney
Casey February 2012 - Hi Caroline, the BOD and SS are both high this month, probably an indication that the plant is struggling to cope with the large number of expeditioners on station. As the population falls, the plant should recover. Lets see what next months figures look like. A.McEldowney
Casey March 2012 - Hi Sheri, BOD and SS are both within plant specifications this month. It looks like it has recovered from last months high. A.McEldowney
Mawson March 2012 - Hi Malcolm, BOD is within plant specifications this month, but the SS is just over. A.McEldowney
Mawson April 2012 - Hi Malcolm, BOD and SS are both within plant specifications this month. A.McEldowney
Casey April 2012 - Hi Sheri, both BOD and SS are within specifications this month, the plant seems to be working well. A.McEldowney
Mawson May 2012 - Hi Malcolm, the sewage plant seems to be working fine, BOD and SS are both well within plant specifications this month. A.McEldowney
Casey June 2012 - Hi Sheri, BOD and SS are within the plant specifications again this month. A.McEldowney
Casey July 2012 - Hi Sheri, BOD and SS are within the plant specifications again this month. Debbie Lang
Casey August 2012 - Hi Sheri, BOD and SS are within the plant specifications again this month. Debbie Lang
Mawson October 2012 - Hi Malcolm, BOD and SS are both within plant specifications again this month. A.McEldowney
Casey October 2012 - Hi Sheri, the SS result is fine, but the BOD is just above the sewage plant specifications. A.McEldowney
Mawson November 2012 - Hi Malcolm, the BOD value is within plant specifications this month, but the SS is a bit over specification again. A.McEldowney
Casey November 2012 - Hi Nick, BOD and SS results are both within the desirable range this month, indicating the plant is working fine. A.McEldowney
Mawson December 2012 - Hi Mal, BOD and SS results are both within plant specifications this month, indicating the plant is operating effectively. A.McEldowney
Davis December 2012 - Hi Malcolm, the BOD result is within plant specifications. A.McEldowney
Mawson January 2013 - Hi Mal, BOD and SS are again within specifications this month. A.McEldowney
Casey January 2013 - Hi Nick, the BOD result is within the sewage plant specified operating range this month. A.McEldowney
Casey February 2013 - Hi Chad, the BOD result is within the sewage plant specified operating range this month Thankyou Debbie lang
Mawson March 2013 - Hi Lloyd, the BOD result is within the sewage plant specified operating range this month. Thanks Debie Lang
Casey March 2013 - Hi Chad, the BOD result is within the sewage plant specified operating range this month Thankyou Debbie lang
Mawson April 2013 - Hi Lloyd, the BOD result is within the sewage plant specified operating range this month. Thanks Debie Lang
Mawson May 2013 - Hi Lloyd, the BOD result is within the sewage plant specified operating range this month. Thanks Debie Lang
Casey May 2013 - Hi Chad, the BOD result is within the sewage plant specified operating range this month Thankyou Debbie lang
Mawson June 2013 - Hi Lloyd, the BOD result is within the sewage plant specified operating range this month. Thanks Debie Lang
Casey July 2013 - Hi Chad, the BOD result is within the sewage plant specified operating range this month Thankyou Debbie lang
Mawson July 2013 - Hi Lloyd, the BOD result is within the sewage plant specified operating range this month. Thanks Debie Lang
Casey July 2013 - Hi Chad, the BOD result is within the sewage plant specified operating range this month Thankyou Debbie lang
Mawson August 2013 - Hi Lloyd, the BOD result is within the sewage plant specified operating range this month. Thanks Debie Lang
Mawson September 2013 - Hi Lloyd, the BOD has risen from last month and is now slightly above plant specifications. Thanks Debbie Lang
Casey September 2013 - Hi Chad, the BOD result is within the sewage plant specified operating range this month Thankyou Debbie lang
For definitions of the Scale categories, consult the Explanation of the Status Categories
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| Project 996 - Assessment of the impact of human sewage effluent on benthic communities at Macquarie Island |
| Project 2202 - Modelling of wastewater discharge systems in the Antarctic |
| SOE Indicator 48 - Station and ship person days |
| SOE Indicator 50 - Volume of wastewater discharged from Australian Antarctic Stations |
| SOE Indicator 52 - Suspended solids (SS) content of wastewater discharged from Australian Antarctic Stations |
The properties link can be used to view details of the parameters measured for this indicator.
| Parameter Name | Unit of measure | Properties |
|---|---|---|
| Biological oxygen demand | mg/l | Properties |
The following parameters and/or sensor notes are from the metadata record.
http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/metadata/citation.cfm?entry_id=SOE_effluent_BOD
Citation reference for this metadata record and dataset
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