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Off Taroo St u/s proposed work site ANS0014

Source	Melbourne Water
Latest Sample Date	21-05-2008
Taxa count ORDER	14
Taxa count FAMILY	27
Taxa count ALT	29
Mayflies present?	0
	ORDER	FAMILY	ALT
SIGNAL	3.6	3.3	2.8
Weighted SIGNAL	2.8	5	4.1

Waterbug Land Use

	Category	ALUM Categories	Percent of upstream catchment	Area
	Natural	1.1.1 Strict nature reserves, 1.1.3 National park, 1.1.4 Natural feature protection, 1.1.6 Protected landscape, 1.1.7 Other conserved area	35.84%	85,271,270,253m²
	Residential And Infrastructure	5.4.1 Urban residential, 5.4.2 Rural residential with agriculture, 5.4.3 Rural residential without agriculture, 5.5.2 Public services, 5.5.3 Recreation and culture, 5.6.0 Utilities, 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, 5.7.5 Navigation and communication	20.50%	48,768,225,624m²
	Forestry	2.2.0 Production native forests, 3.1.0 Plantation forests	18.42%	43,834,753,380m²
	Pastoral Farming	3.2.0 Grazing modified pastures	16.33%	38,851,031,419m²
	Arable Farming	3.3.0 Cropping, 3.4.0 Perennial horticulture, 3.4.5 Shrub berries and fruits, 3.4.6 Perennial flowers and bulbs, 3.4.9 Grapes, 3.5.3 Seasonal vegetables and herbs	7.06%	16,799,655,483m²
	Unknown	3.6.4 No defined use, 5.8.4 Extractive industry not in use	0.51%	1,218,743,143m²
	Minimal Use	1.3.0 Other minimal use, 1.3.3 Residual native cover	0.46%	1,084,993,896m²
	Water	6.2.0 Reservoir/dam, 6.2.1 Reservoir, 6.2.2 Water storage - intensive use/farm dams, 6.3.0 River, 6.4.1 Supply channel/aqueduct	0.29%	681,496,166m²
	Intensive Arable Farming	5.1.1 Production nurseries	0.24%	560,746,845m²
	Industrial	5.3.0 Manufacturing and industrial, 5.3.1 General purpose factory, 5.3.2 Food processing factory, 5.3.7 Sawmill, 5.5.1 Commercial services	0.13%	316,248,221m²
	Waste Management	5.9.0 Waste treatment and disposal, 5.9.2 Landfill, 5.9.5 Sewage/sewerage	0.10%	243,748,629m²
	Mining	5.8.2 Quarries	0.07%	163,749,079m²
	Intensive Pastoral Farming	5.2.3 Poultry farms, 5.2.5 Aquaculture, 5.2.6 Horse studs	0.05%	128,249,278m²
	Forestry Plantation	3.1.2 Softwood plantation forestry	0.00%	3,999,977m²
Show minor land uses 9
				2,379,269,114m²

Waterbug sample history

Sampled on 21 May 2008

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Turbellaria IF	4	2
Dugesiidae (Unident.) IF619999	4
Gastropoda KG	42	1
Hydrobiidae (Unident.) KG029999	20
Physidae (Unident.) KG089999	22
Bivalvia KP	5	3
Sphaeriidae (Unident.) KP039999	5
Hirudinea LH	2	1
Glossiphoniidae (Unident.) LH019999	1
Richardsonianidae (Unident.) LH039999	1
Oligochaeta LO	34	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	34
Acarina MM	2	6
Mites (Unident.) MM999999	2

Amphipoda OP	3	3
Talitridae sp.(Unident.) OP019999	3

Isopoda OR	1	2
Oniscidae sp.(Unident.) OR259999	1

Coleoptera QC	36	5
Dytiscidae (Unident.) QC099999	3
Dytiscidae (Unident.)(Larva) QC09999I	1
Hydraenidae (Unident.) QC139999	1

Elmidae (Unident.) QC349999	4

Elmidae (Unident.)(Larvae) QC34999I	3

Psephenidae (Unident.) QC379999	24

Diptera QD	62	3
Tipulidae (Unident.) QD019999	2
Chaoboridae (Unident.) QD059999	1
Simuliidae (Unident.) QD109999	23

Stratiomyidae (Unident.) QD249999	3
Tanypodinae (Unident.) QDAE9999	1
Orthocladiinae (Unident.) QDAF9999	1
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	31
Hemiptera QH	5	2
Veliidae (Unident.) QH569999	1
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999	3
Notonectidae (Unident.) QH679999	1
Odonata QO	2	3
Coenagrionidae (Unident.) QO029999	2
Plecoptera QP	17	10
Gripopterygidae (Unident.) QP039999	17
Trichoptera QT	3	8
Leptoceridae (Unident.) QT259999	3

SIGNALT	3.6
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	3.8