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Macquarie Rd Fassifern SQID site_235

Source	Waterwatch New South Wales (Pre 2013)
Latest Sample Date	07-04-2004
Taxa count ORDER	6
Taxa count FAMILY	8
Taxa count ALT	8
Mayflies present?	0
	ORDER	FAMILY	ALT
SIGNAL	2.2	2.6	1.4
Weighted SIGNAL	4		2.5

Waterbug Land Use

	Category	ALUM Categories	Percent of upstream catchment	Area
	Minimal Use	1.3.0 Other minimal use, 1.3.3 Residual native cover, 2.1.0 Grazing native vegetation	48.47%	2,116,307,129m²
	Natural	1.1.3 National park	22.72%	992,159,579m²
	Residential And Infrastructure	5.4.0 Residential and farm infrastructure, 5.4.1 Urban residential, 5.4.5 Farm buildings/infrastructure, 5.5.2 Public services, 5.5.3 Recreation and culture, 5.6.0 Utilities, 5.6.5 Electricity substations and transmission, 5.7.2 Roads, 5.7.3 Railways	13.99%	610,944,321m²
	Forestry	2.2.0 Production native forests	9.39%	410,212,615m²
	Mining	5.8.0 Mining, 5.8.1 Mines, 5.8.2 Quarries	4.21%	183,733,255m²
	Industrial	5.3.1 General purpose factory	0.73%	31,747,107m²
	Water	6.3.0 River	0.21%	9,249,157m²
	Waste Management	5.9.0 Waste treatment and disposal	0.20%	8,749,203m²
	Pastoral Farming	3.2.1 Native/exotic pasture mosaic	0.06%	2,749,749m²
	Arable Farming	3.4.1 Tree fruits	0.01%	499,954m²
Show minor land uses 5
				43,663,521m²

Waterbug sample history

Sampled on 7 April 2004

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Turbellaria IF	4	2
Turbellaria (Unident.) IF999999	4
Gastropoda KG	46	1
Gastropoda (Unident.) KG999999	46
Unknown M9	20
Unknown M999999	20
Coleoptera QC	7	5
Dytiscidae (Unident.) QC099999	4
Gyrinidae (Unident.) QC109999	3

Diptera QD	84	3
Culicidae (Unident.) QD079999	80

Chironomidae QDA00000	4
Hemiptera QH	11	2
Gerridae (Unident.) QH579999	11

SIGNALT	2.2
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	2.0

Sampled on 23 October 2003

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Turbellaria IF	1	2
Turbellaria (Unident.) IF999999	1
Gastropoda KG	47	1
Gastropoda (Unident.) KG999999	47
Hirudinea LH	4	1
Hirudinea (Unident.) LH999999	4
Unknown M9	63
Unknown M999999	63
Coleoptera QC	6	5
Dytiscidae (Unident.) QC099999	6
Diptera QD	134	3
Culicidae (Unident.) QD079999	88

Chironomidae QDA00000	41
Diptera (Unident.)(Larva) QDZZ9999	5

Hemiptera QH	74	2
Mesoveliidae (Unident.) QH529999	62
Gerridae (Unident.) QH579999	8
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999	3
Notonectidae (Unident.) QH679999	1
Odonata QO	4	3
Zygoptera (Unident.) QO999997	3
Epiproctophora (Unident.) QO999998	1
Plecoptera QP	1	10
Plecoptera (Unident.) QP999999	1
Trichoptera QT	1	8
Trichoptera (Unident.) QT999999	1

SIGNALT	3.5
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	2.4

Sampled on 24 March 2003

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Gastropoda KG	1	1
Gastropoda (Unident.) KG999999	1
Oligochaeta LO	8	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	8
Unknown M9	22
Unknown M999999	22
Hemiptera QH	25	2
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999	22
Notonectidae (Unident.) QH679999	3
Odonata QO	1	3
Zygoptera (Unident.) QO999997	1

SIGNALT	1.6
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	1.3

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