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Karuah River, property opposite Booral PS site_191

Source	Waterwatch New South Wales (Pre 2013)
Latest Sample Date	19-03-2009
Taxa count ORDER	11
Taxa count FAMILY	15
Taxa count ALT	15
Mayflies present?	6
	ORDER	FAMILY	ALT
SIGNAL	3.9	3.6	0.7
Weighted SIGNAL	3.1		3.5

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	51.80%	50,497,319,750m²
	Forestry	2.2.0 Production native forests	23.56%	22,962,235,954m²
	Pastoral Farming	3.2.0 Grazing modified pastures, 3.2.1 Native/exotic pasture mosaic, 3.2.5 Sown grasses, 4.2.0 Grazing irrigated modified pastures	12.94%	12,612,580,329m²
	Natural	1.1.1 Strict nature reserves, 1.1.3 National park	5.98%	5,825,056,177m²
	Water	6.1.0 Lake, 6.2.0 Reservoir/dam, 6.2.2 Water storage - intensive use/farm dams, 6.3.0 River	0.64%	625,979,171m²
	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, 5.6.0 Utilities, 5.6.5 Electricity substations and transmission, 5.7.0 Transport and communication, 5.7.2 Roads, 5.7.3 Railways	0.56%	541,731,974m²
	Forestry Plantation	3.1.1 Hardwood plantation forestry, 3.1.2 Softwood plantation forestry	0.36%	350,238,346m²
	Mining	5.8.0 Mining, 5.8.1 Mines, 5.8.2 Quarries	0.35%	336,488,804m²
	Unknown	5.3.8 Abandoned manufacturing and industrial, 5.8.4 Extractive industry not in use	0.08%	75,247,496m²
	Intensive Pastoral Farming	5.2.1 Dairy sheds and yards, 5.2.3 Poultry farms, 5.2.7 Saleyards/stockyards	0.08%	74,997,505m²
	Waste Management	5.9.1 Effluent pond, 5.9.2 Landfill, 5.9.5 Sewage/sewerage	0.03%	27,499,085m²
	Industrial	5.3.0 Manufacturing and industrial, 5.3.7 Sawmill, 5.5.1 Commercial services	0.01%	6,999,767m²
	Arable Farming	3.4.9 Grapes	0.01%	5,249,825m²
Show minor land uses 9
				974,800,064m²

Waterbug sample history

Sampled on 19 March 2009

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Gastropoda KG	1	1
Gastropoda (Unident.) KG999999	1
Bivalvia KP	2	3
PELECYPODA KP000000	2
Unknown M9	25
Unknown M999999	25
Isopoda OR	1	2
ISOPODA OR000000	1
Unknown OT	24
Caridea (Unident.) OT999999	24

Coleoptera QC	31	5
Dytiscidae (Unident.) QC099999	25
Gyrinidae (Unident.) QC109999	6

Ephemeroptera QE	6	9
Ephemeroptera (Unident.) QE999999	6
Hemiptera QH	61	2
Gerridae (Unident.) QH579999	10
Nepidae (Unident.) QH619999	1
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999	25
Notonectidae (Unident.) QH679999	25
Odonata QO	25	3
Zygoptera (Unident.) QO999997	25
Plecoptera QP	1	10
Plecoptera (Unident.) QP999999	1
Trichoptera QT	25	8
Trichoptera (Unident.) QT999999	25

SIGNALT	3.9
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	3.6

Sampled on 26 March 2003

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Gastropoda KG	7	1
Gastropoda (Unident.) KG999999	7
Unknown M9	98
Unknown M999999	98
Amphipoda OP	15	3
AMPHIPODA OP000000	15

Isopoda OR	4	2
ISOPODA OR000000	4
Unknown OT	46
Caridea (Unident.) OT999999	46

Coleoptera QC	68	5
Dytiscidae (Unident.) QC099999	12
Gyrinidae (Unident.) QC109999	6

Coleoptera (Unident.) QCZZ9999	50

Diptera QD	12	3
Culicidae (Unident.) QD079999	6

Chironomidae QDA00000	6
Hemiptera QH	95	2
Mesoveliidae (Unident.) QH529999	14
Gerridae (Unident.) QH579999	53
Nepidae (Unident.) QH619999	2
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999	17
Notonectidae (Unident.) QH679999	9
Megaloptera QM	2	8
Megaloptera (Unident.) QM999999	2

Odonata QO	2	3
Epiproctophora (Unident.) QO999998	2
Trichoptera QT	1	8
Trichoptera (Unident.) QT999999	1

SIGNALT	3.2
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	2.4