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Belubula River u/s Lachlan River LACH506

Source	Office of Environment and Heritage
Latest Sample Date	02-12-1997
Taxa count ORDER	8
Taxa count FAMILY	12
Taxa count ALT	12
Mayflies present?	1
	ORDER	FAMILY	ALT
SIGNAL	3.5	3.5	2.2
Weighted SIGNAL	2.9		2.6

Waterbug Land Use

	Category	ALUM Categories	Percent of upstream catchment	Area
	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, 4.4.2 Irrigated olives, 4.4.9 Irrigated grapes, 4.5.0 Irrigated seasonal horticulture	37.07%	94,995,344,729m²
	Pastoral Farming	3.2.0 Grazing modified pastures, 4.2.0 Grazing irrigated modified pastures	36.24%	92,871,404,096m²
	Minimal Use	1.3.0 Other minimal use, 1.3.4 Rehabilitation, 2.1.0 Grazing native vegetation	15.57%	39,897,884,791m²
	Forestry	2.2.0 Production native forests, 3.1.0 Plantation forests	3.69%	9,463,985,467m²
	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	2.42%	6,203,826,593m²
	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, 6.4.0 Channel/aqueduct, 6.5.0 Marsh/wetland, 6.5.1 Marsh/wetland - conservation	2.11%	5,409,598,793m²
	Natural	1.1.3 National park, 1.2.0 Managed resource protection, 1.2.1 Biodiversity	1.78%	4,557,872,600m²
	Mining	5.8.0 Mining, 5.8.1 Mines, 5.8.2 Quarries, 5.8.3 Tailings	0.80%	2,046,942,785m²
	Forestry Plantation	3.1.2 Softwood plantation forestry, 3.1.4 Environmental forest plantation	0.10%	253,242,921m²
	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	0.08%	198,244,459m²
	Industrial	5.3.0 Manufacturing and 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%	182,744,892m²
	Unknown	3.6.5 Abandoned perennial horticulture, 5.2.8 Abandoned intensive animal production, 5.8.4 Extractive industry not in use	0.04%	93,247,394m²
	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%	62,998,239m²
Show minor land uses 9
				2,562,373,378m²

Waterbug sample history

Sampled on 2 December 1997

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Gastropoda KG	1	1
Physidae (Unident.) KG089999	1
Unknown OT	1
Palaemonidae (Unident.) OT029999	1

Unknown OV	4
Parastacidae (Unident.) OV019999	4

Coleoptera QC	13	5
Dytiscidae (Unident.) QC099999	9
Hydrophilidae (Unident.) QC119999	3

Hydraenidae (Unident.) QC139999	1

Ephemeroptera QE	1	9
Caenidae (Unident.) QE089999	1
Hemiptera QH	271	2
Gerridae (Unident.) QH579999	1
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999	268
Notonectidae (Unident.) QH679999	2
Odonata QO	2	3
Protoneuridae (Unident.) QO049999	2
Trichoptera QT	1	8
Ecnomidae (Unident.) QT089999	1

SIGNALT	3.5
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	3.2

Sampled on 8 May 1997

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Unknown OT	1
Palaemonidae (Unident.) OT029999	1

Coleoptera QC	18	5
Dytiscidae (Unident.) QC099999	3
Hydrophilidae (Unident.) QC119999	12

Hydraenidae (Unident.) QC139999	3

Diptera QD	1	3
Orthocladiinae (Unident.) QDAF9999	1
Ephemeroptera QE	37	9
Baetidae (Unident.) QE029999	37
Hemiptera QH	153	2
Veliidae (Unident.) QH569999	7
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999	141
Notonectidae (Unident.) QH679999	5
Trichoptera QT	1	8
Hydroptilidae (Unident.) QT039999	1

SIGNALT	4.5
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	5.1