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Belubula River @ Canowindra LACH504

Source	Office of Environment and Heritage
Latest Sample Date	05-12-1997
Taxa count ORDER	10
Taxa count FAMILY	29
Taxa count ALT	29
Mayflies present?	187
	ORDER	FAMILY	ALT
SIGNAL	4.3	4.6	3.4
Weighted SIGNAL	5.4		4.4

Waterbug Land Use

	Category	ALUM Categories	Percent of upstream catchment	Area
	Pastoral Farming	3.2.0 Grazing modified pastures	41.29%	88,800,188,812m²
	Arable Farming	3.3.0 Cropping, 3.4.0 Perennial horticulture, 3.4.1 Tree fruits, 3.4.2 Olives, 3.4.9 Grapes, 4.3.0 Irrigated cropping, 4.4.0 Irrigated perennial horticulture, 4.4.1 Irrigated tree fruits, 4.4.9 Irrigated grapes	32.24%	69,332,445,495m²
	Minimal Use	1.3.0 Other minimal use, 1.3.4 Rehabilitation, 2.1.0 Grazing native vegetation	15.57%	33,478,128,670m²
	Forestry	2.2.0 Production native forests, 3.1.0 Plantation forests	4.40%	9,464,003,682m²
	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, 5.5.3 Recreation and culture, 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	2.61%	5,609,853,993m²
	Water	6.1.0 Lake, 6.1.1 Lake - conservation, 6.2.0 Reservoir/dam, 6.2.1 Reservoir, 6.2.2 Water storage - intensive use/farm dams, 6.3.0 River, 6.5.0 Marsh/wetland, 6.5.1 Marsh/wetland - conservation	2.21%	4,742,876,558m²
	Mining	5.8.0 Mining, 5.8.1 Mines, 5.8.2 Quarries, 5.8.3 Tailings	0.95%	2,038,196,952m²
	Natural	1.1.3 National park, 1.2.0 Managed resource protection, 1.2.1 Biodiversity	0.44%	949,225,295m²
	Forestry Plantation	3.1.2 Softwood plantation forestry, 3.1.4 Environmental forest plantation	0.12%	253,243,409m²
	Industrial	5.3.1 General purpose factory, 5.3.2 Food processing factory, 5.3.4 Bulk grain storage, 5.5.1 Commercial services	0.07%	158,995,862m²
	Intensive Pastoral Farming	5.2.0 Intensive animal production, 5.2.1 Dairy sheds and yards, 5.2.5 Aquaculture, 5.2.6 Horse studs, 5.2.7 Saleyards/stockyards	0.05%	105,497,254m²
	Unknown	5.2.8 Abandoned intensive animal production, 5.8.4 Extractive industry not in use	0.04%	83,997,814m²
	Waste Management	5.9.0 Waste treatment and disposal, 5.9.2 Landfill, 5.9.3 Solid garbage, 5.9.5 Sewage/sewerage	0.02%	41,248,926m²
Show minor land uses 9
				2,150,579,027m²

Waterbug sample history

Sampled on 5 December 1997

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Bivalvia KP	1	3
Corbiculidae (Unident.) KP029999	1
Oligochaeta LO	1	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	1
Unknown OV	2
Parastacidae (Unident.) OV019999	2

Coleoptera QC	24	5
Dytiscidae (Unident.) QC099999	1
Gyrinidae (Unident.) QC109999	6

Hydrophilidae (Unident.) QC119999	9

Hydraenidae (Unident.) QC139999	1

Scirtidae (Unident.) QC209999	2

Elmidae (Unident.) QC349999	5

Diptera QD	31	3
Tipulidae (Unident.) QD019999	11
Simuliidae (Unident.) QD109999	1

Tanypodinae (Unident.) QDAE9999	1
Orthocladiinae (Unident.) QDAF9999	9
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	9
Ephemeroptera QE	187	9
Baetidae (Unident.) QE029999	109
Leptophlebiidae (Unident.) QE069999	72
Caenidae (Unident.) QE089999	6
Hemiptera QH	199	2
Mesoveliidae (Unident.) QH529999	4
Veliidae (Unident.) QH569999	4
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999	189
Notonectidae (Unident.) QH679999	2
Megaloptera QM	1	8
Corydalidae (Unident.) QM019999	1

Odonata QO	4	3
Coenagrionidae (Unident.) QO029999	2
Megapodagrionidae (Unident.) QO079999	1
Corduliidae (Unident.) QO169999	1
Trichoptera QT	107	8
Hydroptilidae (Unident.) QT039999	1
Hydropsychidae (Unident.) QT069999	70
Ecnomidae (Unident.) QT089999	25
Leptoceridae (Unident.) QT259999	11

SIGNALT	4.3
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	5.0

Sampled on 5 May 1997

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Turbellaria IF	1	2
Dugesiidae (Unident.) IF619999	1
Oligochaeta LO	10	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	10
Unknown QA	1
Collembola (Unident.) QA999999	1
Coleoptera QC	62	5
Dytiscidae (Unident.) QC099999	3
Gyrinidae (Unident.) QC109999	54

Elmidae (Unident.) QC349999	5

Diptera QD	130	3
Ceratopogonidae (Unident.) QD099999	2

Simuliidae (Unident.) QD109999	90

Tanypodinae (Unident.) QDAE9999	1
Orthocladiinae (Unident.) QDAF9999	17
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	20
Ephemeroptera QE	246	9
Baetidae (Unident.) QE029999	163
Leptophlebiidae (Unident.) QE069999	71
Caenidae (Unident.) QE089999	12
Hemiptera QH	123	2
Veliidae (Unident.) QH569999	2
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999	121
Lepidoptera QL	1	2
Crambidae (Unident.) QL019999	1

Megaloptera QM	2	8
Corydalidae (Unident.) QM019999	2

Trichoptera QT	39	8
Hydrobiosidae (Unident.) QT019999	1
Hydropsychidae (Unident.) QT069999	31
Ecnomidae (Unident.) QT089999	7

SIGNALT	4.1
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	4.8