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Barossa Valley Hway/Bethany Rd Tanunda 3437

Source	Australian Water Quality Centre
Latest Sample Date	19-06-1997
Taxa count ORDER	16
Taxa count FAMILY	42
Taxa count ALT	62
Mayflies present?	2
	ORDER	FAMILY	ALT
SIGNAL	3.1	3	2.1
Weighted SIGNAL	2.9	2.7	3.3

Waterbug Land Use

	Category	ALUM Categories	Percent of upstream catchment	Area
	Pastoral Farming	3.2.0 Grazing modified pastures, 3.2.1 Native/exotic pasture mosaic, 3.2.3 Pasture legumes, 3.2.4 Pasture legume/grass mixtures, 3.2.5 Sown grasses, 4.2.0 Grazing irrigated modified pastures, 4.2.4 Irrigated sown grasses	46.37%	13,663,512,774m²
	Arable Farming	3.3.0 Cropping, 3.3.1 Cereals, 3.3.3 Hay and silage, 3.3.4 Oilseeds, 3.3.8 Pulses, 3.4.0 Perennial horticulture, 4.3.0 Irrigated cropping, 4.3.1 Irrigated cereals, 4.4.0 Irrigated perennial horticulture, 4.4.1 Irrigated tree fruits, 4.4.2 Irrigated olives, 4.4.3 Irrigated tree nuts, 4.4.5 Irrigated shrub berries and fruits, 4.4.9 Irrigated grapes	33.25%	9,797,372,514m²
	Residential And Infrastructure	5.4.0 Residential and farm infrastructure, 5.4.1 Urban residential, 5.4.2 Rural residential with agriculture, 5.4.3 Rural residential without agriculture, 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, 5.6.1 Fuel powered electricity generation, 5.6.5 Electricity substations and transmission, 5.6.6 Gas treatment, storage and transmission, 5.7.2 Roads, 5.7.3 Railways, 5.7.5 Navigation and communication	10.33%	3,043,003,943m²
	Minimal Use	1.3.3 Residual native cover, 1.3.4 Rehabilitation, 2.1.0 Grazing native vegetation	4.42%	1,301,215,490m²
	Natural	1.1.4 Natural feature protection, 1.1.7 Other conserved area, 1.2.1 Biodiversity, 1.2.4 Landscape	1.32%	389,064,432m²
	Industrial	5.3.0 Manufacturing and industrial, 5.3.2 Food processing factory, 5.5.1 Commercial services	1.08%	317,302,548m²
	Water	6.1.0 Lake, 6.2.2 Water storage - intensive use/farm dams, 6.3.0 River, 6.4.2 Drainage channel/aqueduct, 6.5.0 Marsh/wetland	0.93%	272,795,177m²
	Unknown	3.6.0 Land in transition, 3.6.1 Degraded land, 3.6.3 Land under rehabilitation, 3.6.4 No defined use, 4.6.0 Irrigated land in transition, 4.6.1 Degraded irrigated land, 4.6.4 No defined use (irrigation), 4.6.5 Abandoned irrigated perennial horticulture, 5.8.4 Extractive industry not in use	0.73%	215,785,736m²
	Mining	5.8.2 Quarries	0.67%	198,282,837m²
	Waste Management	5.9.2 Landfill, 5.9.5 Sewage/sewerage	0.41%	119,519,793m²
	Forestry Plantation	3.1.2 Softwood plantation forestry, 3.1.3 Other forest plantation, 3.1.4 Environmental forest plantation, 4.1.3 Irrigated other forest production	0.27%	78,262,961m²
	Intensive Pastoral Farming	5.2.1 Dairy sheds and yards, 5.2.3 Poultry farms, 5.2.6 Horse studs	0.19%	57,259,483m²
	Intensive Arable Farming	5.1.1 Production nurseries	0.05%	14,002,319m²
	Forestry	2.2.2 Other forest production	0.00%	1,000,166m²
Show minor land uses 10
				294,683,802m²

Waterbug sample history

Sampled on 8 November 1997

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Unknown IB	15
Hydra sp.(Unident.) IB010199	2
Cordylophora sp.(Unident.) IB020199	13
Turbellaria IF	31	2
Turbellaria (Unident.) IF999999	31
Nematoda II	9	3
Nematoda (Unident.) II999999	9
Gastropoda KG	1831	1
Potamopyrgus antipodarum KG020601	1601
Hydrobiidae (Unident.) KG029999	161
Ferrissia sp.(Unident.) KG060199	4
Glyptophysa aliciae KG070201	15
Unknown KG0702A2	11
Physa acuta KG080101	39
Oligochaeta LO	1720	2
Tubificidae (Unident.) LO049999	2
Nais sp.(Unident.) LO050199	1
Chaetogaster sp.(Unident.) LO050799	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	1715
Acarina MM	77	6
Hydrodromidae (Unident.) MM079999	4

Arrenuridae (Unident.) MM239999	2

Oribatida (Unident.) MM9999A1	67

Mesostigmata (Unident.) MM9999A2	4

Amphipoda OP	54	3
Austrochiltonia australis OP020101	54

Isopoda OR	15	2
Heterias pusillus OR180102	15

Unknown OT	6
Paratya australiensis OT010101	6

Unknown QA	15
Hypogastruridae (Unident.) QA049999	12
Isotomidae (Unident.) QA069999	2
Entomobryidae (Unident.) QA079999	1
Coleoptera QC	14	5
Hyphydrus elegans QC090401	3

Platynectes decempunctatus (L) QC09220A	4

Lancetes lanceolatus QC092401	2

Ochthebius sp.(Unident.) QC130399	1

Scirtidae EPA sp.L1 QC2099A1	4

Diptera QD	301	3
Tipulidae (Unident.) QD019999	1
Ceratopogonidae (Unident.) (Pupa) QD09999I	4

Simulium ornatipes QD100202	108

Psychodidae (Unident.) QD129999	2

Empididae (Unident.) QD359999	1
Dolichopodidae (Unident.) QD369999	2
Procladius sp.(Unident.) QDAE0899	9
Ablabesmyia sp.(Unident.) QDAE1199	4
Paramerina sp.(Unident.) QDAE1299	21
Nanocladius sp.(Unident.) QDAF0499	2
Corynoneura sp.(Unident.) QDAF0699	1
Thienemanniella sp.(Unident.) QDAF0799	1
Paralimnophyes sp (light sp.) QDAF12A2	2
Cricotopus sp.(Unident.) QDAF1599	35
Bryophaenocladius sp.(Unident.) QDAF1899	1
Cladotanytarsus sp.(Unident.) QDAH0399	6
Tanytarsus sp.(Unident.) QDAH0499	15
Paratanytarsus sp.(Unident.) QDAH0699	10
Chironomus sp.(Unident.) QDAI0499	62

Dicrotendipes conjunctus QDAI0603	2
Dicrotendipes sp.(Unident.) QDAI0699	7
Kiefferulus sp.(Unident.) QDAI0799	1
Chironomini (Unident.) QDAI9999	4
Ephemeroptera QE	2	9
Tasmanocoenis tillyardi QE080101	2
Hemiptera QH	36	2
Mesovelia sp.(Unident.) QH520199	5
Microvelia sp.(Unident.) QH560199	1
Agraptocorixa sp.(Unident.) QH650399	2
Micronecta sp.(Unident.) QH650599	27
Anisops sp.(Unident.) QH670499	1
Odonata QO	1	3
Ischnura heterosticta heterosticta QO021002	1
Trichoptera QT	4	8
Hellyethira sp.(Unident.) QT030499	1
Cheumatopsyche sp.AV2 QT0605A2	1
Leptoceridae (Unident.) QT259999	2

SIGNALT	3.1
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	2.6

Sampled on 19 June 1997

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Unknown IB	1
Cordylophora sp.(Unident.) IB020199	1
Turbellaria IF	32	2
Turbellaria (Unident.) IF999999	32
Nematoda II	4	3
Nematoda (Unident.) II999999	4
Unknown IO	1
Ectoprocta (Unident.) IO999999	1
Gastropoda KG	225	1
Angrobia angasi KG020501	4
Potamopyrgus antipodarum KG020601	87
Hydrobiidae (Unident.) KG029999	111
Ferrissia petterdi KG060101	3
Glyptophysa aliciae KG070201	1
Glyptophysa sp.(Unident.) KG070299	8
Unknown KG0702A2	1
Bayardella cosmeta KG070801	1
Physa acuta KG080101	9
Bivalvia KP	1	3
Corbiculina australis KP020101	1
Oligochaeta LO	738	2
Dero sp.(Unident.) LO050299	1
Pristinella sp.(Unident.) LO050699	1
Naididae (Unident.) LO059999	2
Enchytraeidae (Unident.) LO089999	1
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	733
Acarina MM	31	6
Procorticacarus sp.(Unident.) MM150899	15

Oribatida (Unident.) MM9999A1	16

Amphipoda OP	27	3
Austrochiltonia australis OP020101	27

Isopoda OR	23	2
Heterias pusillus OR180102	23

Unknown OT	4
Paratya australiensis OT010101	4

Unknown QA	63
Hypogastruridae (Unident.) QA049999	62
Isotomidae (Unident.) QA069999	1
Coleoptera QC	63	5
Sternopriscus sp.(Unident.) QC091899	3

Lancetes lanceolatus QC092401	2

Gyrinidae (Unident.) QC109999	6

Scirtidae EPA sp.L1 QC2099A1	52

Diptera QD	760	3
Dasyhelea SRV sp.2 QD0999D8	4

Simulium ornatipes QD100202	548

Paracnephia sp.(Unident.) QD100399	1

Psychodidae (Unident.) QD129999	1

Dolichopodidae (Unident.) QD369999	1
Procladius sp.(Unident.) QDAE0899	4
Paramerina sp.(Unident.) QDAE1299	33
Nanocladius sp.(Unident.) QDAF0499	2
Corynoneura sp.(Unident.) QDAF0699	2
Thienemanniella sp.(Unident.) QDAF0799	1
Cricotopus sp.(Unident.) QDAF1599	7
Cladotanytarsus sp.(Unident.) QDAH0399	1
Tanytarsus sp.(Unident.) QDAH0499	8
Paratanytarsus sp.(Unident.) QDAH0699	12
Chironomus sp.(Unident.) QDAI0499	64

Dicrotendipes conjunctus QDAI0603	4
Dicrotendipes sp.(Unident.) QDAI0699	65
Polypedilum sp.(Unident.) QDAI0899	2
Ephemeroptera QE	11	9
Cloeon fluviatile QE020201	10
Tasmanocoenis tillyardi QE080101	1
Hemiptera QH	13	2
Micronecta sp.(Unident.) QH650599	13
Odonata QO	1	3
Hemicordulia tau QO300102	1
Plecoptera QP	9	10
Gripopterygidae (Unident.) QP039999	9
Trichoptera QT	19	8
Cheumatopsyche sp.AV2 QT0605A2	6
Ecnomus cygnitus QT080405	2
Triplectides australicus QT251102	3
Triplectides ciuskus ciuskus QT251104	8
Unknown VF	1
Unknown VF000099	1

SIGNALT	3.1
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	3.4