River Visit

Today we visited the Hautapu river again so that we could test the water.

We wanted to test the clarity habitat flora and fauna so that we could see what kind of condition it was in, and what things we could find down there.

We found several little snails and they came under the poor category meaning that the water was poor that is why the snails lived in there and we found a worm which also was in the same category.
We also found a Dobson fly which comes under category three meaning that the habitat it lives in is quite clean.

We tested the clarity of the water and it was close to being poor but came under being fair.Which is still not very good for the waters clarity to be in.

Cassandra found some moss and mushrooms on the banks of the river.
It means that there is a lot of fungi around.

It was interesting to see what state the water is actually in and being able to test it ourselves what interesting too.

What we found out today is that the river is in quite a poor state.