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| 2. | Reflect a fundamental or highly-valued aspect of the environment or an important environmental issue |
| 4. | Provide an early warning of potential problems |
| 5. | Be capable of being monitored to provide statistically verifiable and reproducible data that shows trends over time and, preferably, apply to a broad range of environmental regions |
| 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-Mar-1995 .
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The figures for all stations remained steady for much of the assessment period and below or near plant specifications of 30mg/ litre. Marked increases in suspended solids were recorded for a period at each station in the last few years, but levels have reduced again, to at or near plant specifications at Mawson and Davis.
Mawson 22 April '04 - Malcolm, the suspended solid for April is well within plant specifications. T.Bailey 22/4
Casey 22 April '04 - Tanya, the suspended solid for April as previously discussed is still quite high, but has come down from last month. I'm still a bit concerned about the sampling as the BOD is quite low in comparison. Let's wait and have a look at next month's results. T.Bailey 22/4
June 2004 - Suspended Solids results are well within plant specifications. Well done.......
Casey September 2004 - Hi Tanya, the SS is slightly above plant specs. With the BOD below plant specs this is not a worry at this stage. T.Bailey 7/10
Casey February 2005 - Hi Eve, nothing new to report this month. From your results, both the BOD and the SS are within plant specs indicating the plant is operating OK. T.Bailey 22/2
Mawson October 2005 - Hi Geoff, both BOD & SS continue to look good and are well below upper specs, indicating the plant is operating very well. T. Bailey 4/11
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 June 2006 - Hi Lloyd, the suspended solids and BOD are well within plant specs, as was the case last month as well. T. Bailey 21/6
Mawson, September 2006 - Hi Jim, BOD and suspended solids are still within plant specifications. A. McEldowney 11/9
Casey October 2008 - Hi Heleen, Once again the SS and BOD are continue to be well within required specifications, indicating the plant is operating well. T. Bailey 9/10/08
Casey, August 2009 - Hi Clive, BOD & SS are within plant specs indicating that the plant is operating well. T.Bailey 11/9
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 August 2011 - Hi Rich, the effluent SS is about twice the plant specification value which is unusual for this time of the year. Any reason you are aware of? Let's see what next months result looks like. A.McEldowney
Mawson October - Hi Rich, the effluent SS is above the plant specification again this month. A.McEldowney
Casey October 2011 - Hi Kate, BOD and SS results for this month are again within the plant specifications. A.McEldowney
Mawson November 2011 - Hi Lloyd, SS is within specifications this month, looks like the plant is working effectively. 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
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
Mawson July 2012- Hi Malcolm, the sewage plant seems to be working fine, BOD and SS are both well within plant specifications this month. Debbie Lang
Casey Sept 2012 - Hi Sheri, The 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
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 November 2012 - Hi Malcolm, the BOD value is within plant specifications this month, but the SS is a bit over specification again. 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
Mawson January 2013 - Hi Mal, BOD and SS are again within specifications this month. A.McEldowney
Casey February - Hi Chad, The SS are within the plant specifications again this month. Debbie Lang
Mawson March 2013 - Hi Lloyd, SS results are within plant specifications this month, indicating the plant is operating effectively. Thanyou Debbie Lang
Casey March 2013 - Hi Chad, The SS are within the plant specifications again this month. Debbie Lang
Mawson April 2013 - Hi Lloyd, the effluent SS is about twice the plant specification. Any reason you are aware of? Let's see what next months result looks like. Thanyou Debbie Lang
Mawson May 2013 - Hi Lloyd, SS results are within plant specifications this month. Thanyou Debbie Lang
Casey May 2013 - Hi Chad, The SS are within the plant specifications again this month. Debbie Lang
Mawson June 2013 - Hi Lloyd, SS results are within plant specifications this month. Thanyou Debbie Lang
Casey June 2013 - Hi Chad, The SS are within the plant specifications again this month. Debbie Lang
Mawson July 2013 - Hi Lloyd, SS results are within plant specifications this month. Thanyou Debbie Lang
Casey July 2013 - Hi Chad, The SS are within the plant specifications again this month. Debbie Lang
Mawson August 2013 - Hi Lloyd, SS results are within plant specifications this month. Thanyou Debbie Lang
Mawson September 2013 - Hi Lloyd, the effluent SS is about twice the plant specification. Any reason you are aware of? Let's see what next months result looks like. Thanyou Debbie Lang
Casey Sept 2013 - Hi Chad, The SS are within the plant specifications again this month. Debbie Lang
Mawson October 2013 - Hi Lloyd, SS results are within plant specifications this month. Thankyou Debbie Lang
For definitions of the Scale categories, consult the Explanation of the Status Categories
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| 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 51 - Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD) 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Suspended solids | mg/l | Properties |
The following parameters and/or sensor notes are from the metadata record.
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