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Shoalhaven River @ Purgatory Hill 33052

Source	Office of Environment and Heritage
Latest Sample Date	05-12-2007
Taxa count ORDER	17
Taxa count FAMILY	41
Taxa count ALT	41
Mayflies present?	46
	ORDER	FAMILY	ALT
SIGNAL	3.4	3.9	3.4
Weighted SIGNAL	4.5		4.3

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	41.43%	112,635,266,029m²
	Pastoral Farming	3.2.0 Grazing modified pastures, 3.2.5 Sown grasses	25.83%	70,216,230,749m²
	Natural	1.1.1 Strict nature reserves, 1.1.3 National park, 1.2.0 Managed resource protection	16.17%	43,953,018,475m²
	Forestry	2.2.0 Production native forests, 3.1.0 Plantation forests	7.86%	21,365,515,931m²
	Forestry Plantation	3.1.1 Hardwood plantation forestry, 3.1.2 Softwood plantation forestry, 3.1.3 Other forest plantation, 3.1.4 Environmental forest plantation	3.21%	8,727,654,385m²
	Residential And Infrastructure	5.4.0 Residential and farm infrastructure, 5.4.1 Urban residential, 5.4.5 Farm buildings/infrastructure, 5.5.0 Services, 5.5.2 Public services, 5.6.0 Utilities, 5.6.5 Electricity substations and transmission, 5.7.0 Transport and communication, 5.7.1 Airports/aerodromes, 5.7.2 Roads, 5.7.3 Railways	3.21%	8,720,404,464m²
	Water	6.1.0 Lake, 6.2.0 Reservoir/dam, 6.2.2 Water storage - intensive use/farm dams, 6.3.0 River, 6.5.0 Marsh/wetland	0.91%	2,482,472,803m²
	Arable Farming	3.3.0 Cropping, 3.4.0 Perennial horticulture, 3.4.1 Tree fruits, 3.5.2 Seasonal flowers and bulbs, 4.4.0 Irrigated perennial horticulture	0.27%	720,992,101m²
	Mining	5.8.0 Mining, 5.8.2 Quarries	0.08%	213,997,656m²
	Intensive Pastoral Farming	5.2.5 Aquaculture, 5.2.6 Horse studs, 5.2.7 Saleyards/stockyards	0.01%	27,999,693m²
	Industrial	5.3.0 Manufacturing and industrial	0.01%	23,499,743m²
	Waste Management	5.9.0 Waste treatment and disposal, 5.9.2 Landfill	0.00%	12,249,866m²
	Unknown	5.8.4 Extractive industry not in use	0.00%	11,499,874m²
Show minor land uses 7
				2,718,752,715m²

Waterbug sample history

Sampled on 5 December 2007

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Turbellaria IF	3	2
Dugesiidae (Unident.) IF619999	3
Gastropoda KG	7	1
Lymnaeidae (Unident.) KG059999	1
Ancylidae (Unident.) KG069999	1
Physidae (Unident.) KG089999	5
Bivalvia KP	6	3
Corbiculidae (Unident.) KP029999	5
Sphaeriidae (Unident.) KP039999	1
Oligochaeta LO	4	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	4
Acarina MM	4	6
Mites (Unident.) MM999999	4

Unknown OH	4
Ostracoda (Unident.) OH999999	4
Amphipoda OP	9	3
Ceinidae (Unident.) OP029999	9

Unknown OT	23
Atyidae (Unident.) OT019999	22

Palaemonidae (Unident.) OT029999	1

Unknown OV	2
Parastacidae (Unident.) OV019999	2

Unknown QA	1
Collembola (Unident.) QA999999	1
Coleoptera QC	39	5
Dytiscidae (Unident.) QC099999	11
Gyrinidae (Unident.) QC109999	27

Elmidae (Unident.) QC349999	1

Diptera QD	51	3
Tipulidae (Unident.) QD019999	2
Ceratopogonidae (Unident.) QD099999	16

Simuliidae (Unident.) QD109999	19

Tanypodinae (Unident.) QDAE9999	2
Orthocladiinae (Unident.) QDAF9999	7
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	5
Ephemeroptera QE	46	9
Baetidae (Unident.) QE029999	9
Leptophlebiidae (Unident.) QE069999	31
Caenidae (Unident.) QE089999	6
Hemiptera QH	48	2
Hydrometridae (Unident.) QH549999	6
Gerridae (Unident.) QH579999	1
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999	15
Notonectidae (Unident.) QH679999	26
Odonata QO	11	3
Coenagrionidae (Unident.) QO029999	4
Aeshnidae (Unident.) QO129999	3
Gomphidae (Unident.) QO139999	3
Libellulidae (Unident.) QO179999	1
Plecoptera QP	1	10
Gripopterygidae (Unident.) QP039999	1
Trichoptera QT	48	8
Hydrobiosidae (Unident.) QT019999	4
Philopotamidae (Unident.) QT049999	11
Hydropsychidae (Unident.) QT069999	13
Ecnomidae (Unident.) QT089999	1
Calamoceratidae (Unident.) QT249999	3
Leptoceridae (Unident.) QT259999	16

SIGNALT	3.4
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	3.7