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Billabong Creek @ Winduran 63273

Source	Office of Environment and Heritage
Latest Sample Date	19-09-2009
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Taxa count FAMILY
Taxa count ALT	N/A
Mayflies present?
	ORDER	FAMILY	ALT
SIGNAL			N/A
Weighted SIGNAL			N/A

Waterbug Land Use

	Category	ALUM Categories	Percent of upstream catchment	Area
	Arable Farming	3.3.0 Cropping, 3.3.1 Cereals, 3.4.0 Perennial horticulture, 4.3.0 Irrigated cropping, 4.3.1 Irrigated cereals, 4.3.9 Irrigated rice, 4.4.0 Irrigated perennial horticulture, 4.4.1 Irrigated tree fruits, 4.4.2 Irrigated olives, 4.4.3 Irrigated tree nuts, 4.4.8 Irrigated citrus, 4.4.9 Irrigated grapes, 4.5.0 Irrigated seasonal horticulture, 4.5.3 Irrigated seasonal vegetables and herbs	45.49%	929,592,974,432m²
	Minimal Use	1.3.0 Other minimal use, 1.3.2 Stock route, 2.1.0 Grazing native vegetation	38.28%	782,303,280,427m²
	Pastoral Farming	3.2.0 Grazing modified pastures, 3.2.1 Native/exotic pasture mosaic, 3.2.2 Woody fodder plants, 3.2.3 Pasture legumes, 4.2.0 Grazing irrigated modified pastures	9.42%	192,548,253,619m²
	Water	6.1.0 Lake, 6.2.0 Reservoir/dam, 6.2.1 Reservoir, 6.2.2 Water storage - intensive use/farm dams, 6.3.0 River, 6.4.0 Channel/aqueduct, 6.4.1 Supply channel/aqueduct, 6.5.0 Marsh/wetland, 6.5.1 Marsh/wetland - conservation	2.79%	57,096,825,206m²
	Natural	1.1.1 Strict nature reserves, 1.1.3 National park, 1.2.0 Managed resource protection, 1.2.1 Biodiversity, 1.2.4 Landscape	1.67%	34,097,544,912m²
	Residential And Infrastructure	5.4.0 Residential and farm infrastructure, 5.4.1 Urban residential, 5.4.4 Remote communities, 5.4.5 Farm buildings/infrastructure, 5.5.0 Services, 5.5.2 Public services, 5.5.3 Recreation and culture, 5.6.0 Utilities, 5.6.5 Electricity substations and transmission, 5.6.7 Water extraction and transmission, 5.7.0 Transport and communication, 5.7.1 Airports/aerodromes, 5.7.2 Roads, 5.7.3 Railways	0.99%	20,144,776,534m²
	Forestry	2.2.0 Production native forests, 3.1.0 Plantation forests	0.80%	16,449,771,667m²
	Forestry Plantation	3.1.1 Hardwood plantation forestry, 3.1.2 Softwood plantation forestry, 3.1.4 Environmental forest plantation, 4.1.0 Irrigated plantation forests	0.21%	4,242,755,588m²
	Industrial	5.3.0 Manufacturing and industrial, 5.3.1 General purpose factory, 5.3.4 Bulk grain storage, 5.3.7 Sawmill, 5.5.1 Commercial services	0.03%	631,000,831m²
	Intensive Pastoral Farming	5.2.0 Intensive animal production, 5.2.1 Dairy sheds and yards, 5.2.2 Feedlots, 5.2.3 Poultry farms, 5.2.4 Piggeries, 5.2.5 Aquaculture, 5.2.6 Horse studs, 5.2.7 Saleyards/stockyards	0.03%	612,250,806m²
	Mining	5.8.0 Mining, 5.8.2 Quarries	0.02%	487,250,642m²
	Unknown	3.6.3 Land under rehabilitation, 3.6.4 No defined use, 4.6.0 Irrigated land in transition, 5.2.8 Abandoned intensive animal production	0.01%	194,000,256m²
	Waste Management	5.9.0 Waste treatment and disposal, 5.9.1 Effluent pond, 5.9.2 Landfill, 5.9.3 Solid garbage, 5.9.5 Sewage/sewerage	0.01%	132,250,174m²
	Intensive Arable Farming	5.1.1 Production nurseries	0.00%	500,001m²
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				20,435,821,917m²

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