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Source	Australian Water Quality Centre
Latest Sample Date	08-11-1997
Taxa count ORDER	10
Taxa count FAMILY	15
Taxa count ALT	19
Mayflies present?	0
	ORDER	FAMILY	ALT
SIGNAL	2.5	2.5	2.3
Weighted SIGNAL	3.2	4.2	2.9

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	50.10%	11,695,797,135m²
	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	32.34%	7,550,144,286m²
	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, 5.5.2 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	9.77%	2,280,496,651m²
	Minimal Use	1.3.3 Residual native cover, 1.3.4 Rehabilitation, 2.1.0 Grazing native vegetation	3.22%	750,913,536m²
	Industrial	5.3.0 Manufacturing and industrial, 5.3.2 Food processing factory, 5.5.1 Commercial services	0.92%	215,046,833m²
	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	0.90%	209,545,635m²
	Mining	5.8.2 Quarries	0.85%	198,293,185m²
	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	0.72%	168,786,759m²
	Waste Management	5.9.2 Landfill, 5.9.5 Sewage/sewerage	0.42%	98,521,456m²
	Forestry Plantation	3.1.3 Other forest plantation, 3.1.4 Environmental forest plantation	0.30%	70,765,411m²
	Intensive Pastoral Farming	5.2.1 Dairy sheds and yards, 5.2.3 Poultry farms, 5.2.6 Horse studs	0.24%	55,011,981m²
	Natural	1.1.7 Other conserved area, 1.2.1 Biodiversity, 1.2.4 Landscape	0.16%	37,258,114m²
	Intensive Arable Farming	5.1.1 Production nurseries	0.06%	14,003,050m²
	Forestry	2.2.2 Other forest production	0.00%	1,000,218m²
Show minor land uses 10
				233,455,843m²

Waterbug sample history

Sampled on 8 November 1997

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Turbellaria IF	1	2
Turbellaria (Unident.) IF999999	1
Nematoda II	176	3
Nematoda (Unident.) II999999	176
Gastropoda KG	1	1
Physa acuta KG080101	1
Hirudinea LH	1	1
Richardsonianidae (Unident.) LH039999	1
Oligochaeta LO	373	2
Tubificidae (Unident.) LO049999	1
Dero sp.(Unident.) LO050299	1
Chaetogaster sp.(Unident.) LO050799	1
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	370
Acarina MM	6	6
Oribatida (Unident.) MM9999A1	4

Astigmata (Unident.) MM9999A7	2

Unknown QA	7
Hypogastruridae (Unident.) QA049999	7
Coleoptera QC	6	5
Chostonectes gigas QC091504	3

Chostonectes sp.(Unident.)(Larva) QC09159I	3

Diptera QD	16	3
Ceratopogonidae (Unident.) (Pupa) QD09999I	2

Corynoneura sp.(Unident.) QDAF0699	1
Cladotanytarsus sp.(Unident.) QDAH0399	2
Paratanytarsus sp.(Unident.) QDAH0699	1
Chironomus sp.(Unident.) QDAI0499	10

Hemiptera QH	5	2
Anisops hackeri QH670405	5

SIGNALT	2.5
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	2.8

Sampled on 3 July 1997

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Nematoda II	5	3
Nematoda (Unident.) II999999	5
Gastropoda KG	1	1
Physa acuta KG080101	1
Oligochaeta LO	181	2
Phreodrilidae (Unident.) LO039999	1
Nais sp.(Unident.) LO050199	1
Dero sp.(Unident.) LO050299	1
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	178
Unknown QA	2
Hypogastruridae (Unident.) QA049999	1
Isotomidae (Unident.) QA069999	1
Coleoptera QC	5	5
Chostonectes sp.(Unident.)(Larva) QC09159I	3

Scirtidae EPA sp.L2 QC2099A2	2

Diptera QD	67	3
Aedes sp.(Unident.) QD070599	4

Chironomus sp.(Unident.) QDAI0499	58

Dicrotendipes sp.(Unident.) QDAI0699	5

SIGNALT	2.3
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	2.6