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EPA Yarra Watch E. coli data

Created 27/06/2025

Updated 27/06/2025

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This data is EPA and Melbourne Water's Yarra River bacterial sampling results since December 2013. During summer (1 December - Labour Day) EPA monitors water quality at four Yarra River sites. Samples are tested for E. coli, a bacteria found in faeces. E. coli is recognised as the best indicator in measuring faecal contamination of freshwater recreational waters.

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Title EPA Yarra Watch E. coli data
Language English
Licence Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/ef0ebbde-a497-42d9-8787-d1fb93b6e3cb
Remote Last Updated 13/06/2024
Contact Point
EPA Water Sciences
contact@dpc.vic.gov.au
Reference Period 04/12/2013
Geospatial Coverage Victoria
Data Portal Victoria Government

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Victoria Government "EPA Yarra Watch E. coli data". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://discover.data.vic.gov.au/dataset/yarra-watch-e-coli-data