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Shoalhaven River 1 km d/s Tallowa Dam SHOAM1

Source	Office of Environment and Heritage
Latest Sample Date	10-10-1994
Taxa count ORDER	5
Taxa count FAMILY	12
Taxa count ALT	12
Mayflies present?	0
	ORDER	FAMILY	ALT
SIGNAL	4.2	4.8	2.3
Weighted SIGNAL	4.9		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	42.26%	237,428,307,772m²
	Natural	1.1.1 Strict nature reserves, 1.1.3 National park, 1.2.0 Managed resource protection	23.62%	132,703,311,750m²
	Pastoral Farming	3.2.0 Grazing modified pastures, 3.2.1 Native/exotic pasture mosaic, 3.2.3 Pasture legumes, 3.2.5 Sown grasses	17.92%	100,678,986,517m²
	Forestry	2.2.0 Production native forests, 3.1.0 Plantation forests	5.33%	29,945,820,349m²
	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, 5.5.5 Research facilities, 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	3.80%	21,375,050,215m²
	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	2.41%	13,528,781,782m²
	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, 6.5.0 Marsh/wetland, 6.5.1 Marsh/wetland - conservation, 6.5.4 Marsh/wetland - saline	1.13%	6,376,014,979m²
	Arable Farming	3.3.0 Cropping, 3.4.0 Perennial horticulture, 3.4.1 Tree fruits, 3.4.2 Olives, 3.4.3 Tree nuts, 3.4.6 Perennial flowers and bulbs, 3.4.7 Perennial vegetables and herbs, 3.4.9 Grapes, 3.5.0 Seasonal horticulture, 3.5.2 Seasonal flowers and bulbs, 3.5.3 Seasonal vegetables and herbs, 4.4.0 Irrigated perennial horticulture, 4.4.1 Irrigated tree fruits, 4.4.2 Irrigated olives, 4.5.3 Irrigated seasonal vegetables and herbs	0.20%	1,098,002,579m²
	Mining	5.8.0 Mining, 5.8.1 Mines, 5.8.2 Quarries	0.13%	739,251,737m²
	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, 5.2.5 Aquaculture, 5.2.6 Horse studs, 5.2.7 Saleyards/stockyards	0.05%	284,250,668m²
	Unknown	3.6.3 Land under rehabilitation, 3.6.5 Abandoned perennial horticulture, 5.2.8 Abandoned intensive animal production, 5.8.4 Extractive industry not in use	0.01%	74,250,174m²
	Industrial	5.3.0 Manufacturing and industrial, 5.3.1 General purpose factory, 5.3.7 Sawmill, 5.5.1 Commercial services	0.01%	71,000,167m²
	Waste Management	5.9.0 Waste treatment and disposal, 5.9.1 Effluent pond, 5.9.2 Landfill	0.00%	13,000,031m²
	Intensive Arable Farming	5.1.1 Production nurseries	0.00%	500,001m²
Show minor land uses 9
				5,618,633,199m²

Waterbug sample history

Sampled on 10 October 1994

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Bivalvia KP	2	3
Corbiculidae (Unident.) KP029999	2
Coleoptera QC	3	5
Hydrophilidae (Unident.) QC119999	3

Diptera QD	134	3
Simuliidae (Unident.) QD109999	48

Diamesinae (Unident.) QDAB9999	5
Orthocladiinae (Unident.) QDAF9999	15
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	20
Chironomidae (Unident.)(Larva) QDAZ9999	46
Hemiptera QH	1	2
Notonectidae (Unident.) QH679999	1
Trichoptera QT	15	8
Hydrobiosidae (Unident.) QT019999	5
Hydropsychidae (Unident.) QT069999	8
Ecnomidae (Unident.) QT089999	1
Trichoptera (Unident.) QT999999	1

SIGNALT	4.2
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	4.8

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