Our water quality monitoring program has shown Bullengella Lake to have poor water quality. Find out more about the estuary and its unique features.
Bullengella Lake is a small estuary located on the south coast of New South Wales near the township of Narooma. It is classed as a lake with an intermittently closed entrance.
Water quality report card
As part of our water quality monitoring program we assess the water quality and ecosystem health of an estuary using a range of relevant indicators. We sample a subset of the estuaries between Wollongong and the Victorian border every 3 years. The most recent sampling in Bullengella Lake was completed over the 2008–09 summer, when 2 sites were sampled on a monthly basis.
This report card represents 2 water quality indicators that we routinely measure: the amount of algae present and water clarity. Low levels of these 2 indicators equate with good water quality.
E
Algae
B
Water clarity
D
Overall grade
The report card shows the condition of the estuary was poor with:
algae abundance graded very poor (E)
water clarity graded good (B)
overall estuary health graded poor (D).
Grades for algae, water clarity and overall are represented as:
A – excellent
B – good
C – fair
D – poor
E – very poor.
Go to estuary report cards to find out what each grade means, read our sampling, data analysis and reporting protocols, and find out how we calculate these grades.
Physical characteristics
Estuary type
Lake
Latitude
–36.24 (ºS)
Longitude
150.14 (ºE)
Catchment area
0.6 km2
Estuary area
0.1 km2
Estuary volume
63.3 ML
Average depth
0.4 m
Notes: km2 = square kilometres; m = metres; ML = megalitres.