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Off Werribee-Vale Road near ford (same site as WER03) u/s proposed work site WER0350

Source	Melbourne Water
Latest Sample Date	17-04-2013
Taxa count ORDER	12
Taxa count FAMILY	21
Taxa count ALT	21
Mayflies present?	2
	ORDER	FAMILY	ALT
SIGNAL	3.4	3.5	3
Weighted SIGNAL	3.7		3.7

Waterbug Land Use

	Category	ALUM Categories	Percent of upstream catchment	Area
	Pastoral Farming	3.2.0 Grazing modified pastures, 4.2.0 Grazing irrigated modified pastures	44.52%	15,770,974,743m²
	Forestry	2.2.0 Production native forests	30.01%	10,630,895,935m²
	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, 5.7.2 Roads, 5.7.5 Navigation and communication	16.67%	5,904,303,356m²
	Natural	1.1.1 Strict nature reserves, 1.1.4 Natural feature protection, 1.1.7 Other conserved area	3.66%	1,297,956,771m²
	Arable Farming	3.3.0 Cropping, 3.3.1 Cereals, 3.3.4 Oilseeds, 4.3.0 Irrigated cropping, 4.5.3 Irrigated seasonal vegetables and herbs	2.79%	986,967,129m²
	Forestry Plantation	3.1.1 Hardwood plantation forestry, 3.1.2 Softwood plantation forestry	1.05%	371,737,619m²
	Water	6.2.1 Reservoir, 6.3.0 River, 6.4.1 Supply channel/aqueduct	0.51%	179,494,022m²
	Unknown	3.6.4 No defined use, 5.8.4 Extractive industry not in use	0.31%	108,746,378m²
	Minimal Use	1.3.0 Other minimal use	0.27%	94,246,861m²
	Intensive Pastoral Farming	5.2.3 Poultry farms	0.10%	36,248,793m²
	Industrial	5.3.4 Bulk grain storage, 5.3.5 Abattoirs, 5.5.1 Commercial services	0.09%	31,748,943m²
	Waste Management	5.9.0 Waste treatment and disposal, 5.9.5 Sewage/sewerage	0.03%	11,749,609m²
Show minor land uses 8
				354,250,702m²

Waterbug sample history

Sampled on 17 April 2013

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Turbellaria IF	2	2
Dugesiidae (Unident.) IF619999	2
Gastropoda KG	6	1
Ancylidae (Unident.) KG069999	1
Physidae (Unident.) KG089999	5
Oligochaeta LO	1	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	1
Acarina MM	2	6
Mites (Unident.) MM999999	2

Amphipoda OP	18	3
Ceinidae (Unident.) OP029999	18

Unknown OT	6
Atyidae (Unident.) OT019999	6

Diptera QD	19	3
Simuliidae (Unident.) QD109999	7

Orthocladiinae (Unident.) QDAF9999	8
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	4
Ephemeroptera QE	2	9
Baetidae (Unident.) QE029999	2
Hemiptera QH	24	2
Veliidae (Unident.) QH569999	3
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999	20
Notonectidae (Unident.) QH679999	1
Lepidoptera QL	1	2
Crambidae (Unident.) QL019999	1

Odonata QO	6	3
Coenagrionidae (Unident.) QO029999	4
Synlestidae (Unident.) QO089999	1
Aeshnidae (Unident.) QO129999	1
Trichoptera QT	21	8
Hydroptilidae (Unident.) QT039999	5
Hydropsychidae (Unident.) QT069999	2
Leptoceridae (Unident.) QT259999	14

SIGNALT	3.4
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	3.3

Sampled on 21 November 2012

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Turbellaria IF	4	2
Dugesiidae (Unident.) IF619999	4
Gastropoda KG	18	1
Hydrobiidae (Unident.) KG029999	5
Ancylidae (Unident.) KG069999	4
Physidae (Unident.) KG089999	9
Bivalvia KP	1	3
Sphaeriidae (Unident.) KP039999	1
Hirudinea LH	1	1
Glossiphoniidae (Unident.) LH019999	1
Oligochaeta LO	3	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	3
Acarina MM	9	6
Mites (Unident.) MM999999	9

Amphipoda OP	30	3
Ceinidae (Unident.) OP029999	30

Unknown OT	18
Atyidae (Unident.) OT019999	18

Coleoptera QC	18	5
Dytiscidae (Unident.) QC099999	3
Dytiscidae (Unident.)(Larva) QC09999I	9
Hydraenidae (Unident.) QC139999	6

Diptera QD	68	3
Simuliidae (Unident.) QD109999	25

Tanypodinae (Unident.) QDAE9999	1
Orthocladiinae (Unident.) QDAF9999	30
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	12
Ephemeroptera QE	9	9
Baetidae (Unident.) QE029999	8
Leptophlebiidae (Unident.) QE069999	1
Hemiptera QH	11	2
Veliidae (Unident.) QH569999	2
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999	9
Plecoptera QP	1	10
Gripopterygidae (Unident.) QP039999	1
Trichoptera QT	18	8
Hydrobiosidae (Unident.) QT019999	2
Hydroptilidae (Unident.) QT039999	5
Leptoceridae (Unident.) QT259999	10
Trichoptera (Unident.) QT999999	1

SIGNALT	3.9
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	3.7

Sampled on 28 April 2010

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Gastropoda KG	7	1
Physidae (Unident.) KG089999	7
Bivalvia KP	1	3
Corbiculidae (Unident.) KP029999	1
Oligochaeta LO	1	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	1
Acarina MM	1	6
Mites (Unident.) MM999999	1

Amphipoda OP	84	3
Ceinidae (Unident.) OP029999	84

Coleoptera QC	15	5
Dytiscidae (Unident.) QC099999	6
Dytiscidae (Unident.)(Larva) QC09999I	1
Hydrophilidae (Unident.) QC119999	3

Hydraenidae (Unident.) QC139999	3

Scirtidae (Unident.)(Larva) QC20999I	2

Diptera QD	60	3
Culicidae (Unident.) QD079999	22

Ceratopogonidae (Unident.) QD099999	2

Simuliidae (Unident.) QD109999	4

Stratiomyidae (Unident.) QD249999	1
Muscidae (Unident.) QD899999	1
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	30
Hemiptera QH	23	2
Veliidae (Unident.) QH569999	3
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999	20
Odonata QO	20	3
Coenagrionidae (Unident.) QO029999	16
Hemicorduliidae (Unident.) QO309999	2
Zygoptera (Unident.) QO999997	2
Trichoptera QT	1	8
Trichoptera (Unident.) QT999999	1

SIGNALT	3.6
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	3.1

Sampled on 23 May 2008

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Gastropoda KG	17	1
Hydrobiidae (Unident.) KG029999	5
Planorbidae (Unident.) KG079999	8
Physidae (Unident.) KG089999	4
Bivalvia KP	8	3
Corbiculidae (Unident.) KP029999	8
Oligochaeta LO	1	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	1
Acarina MM	1	6
Mites (Unident.) MM999999	1

Amphipoda OP	126	3
Ceinidae (Unident.) OP029999	126

Unknown OT	12
Atyidae (Unident.) OT019999	12

Coleoptera QC	8	5
Dytiscidae (Unident.) QC099999	4
Dytiscidae (Unident.)(Larva) QC09999I	4
Diptera QD	64	3
Simuliidae (Unident.) QD109999	19

Tanypodinae (Unident.) QDAE9999	5
Orthocladiinae (Unident.) QDAF9999	17
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	23
Ephemeroptera QE	2	9
Baetidae (Unident.) QE029999	2
Hemiptera QH	15	2
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999	15
Lepidoptera QL	1	2
Crambidae (Unident.) QL019999	1

Odonata QO	8	3
Coenagrionidae (Unident.) QO029999	7
Zygoptera (Unident.) QO999997	1
Trichoptera QT	90	8
Hydroptilidae (Unident.) QT039999	40
Hydropsychidae (Unident.) QT069999	10
Leptoceridae (Unident.) QT259999	40

SIGNALT	3.6
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	3.4

Sampled on 16 May 2008

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Gastropoda KG	37	1
Hydrobiidae (Unident.) KG029999	7
Planorbidae (Unident.) KG079999	6
Physidae (Unident.) KG089999	21
Planorbidae/Physidae (Unident.) KG9999A2	3
Bivalvia KP	5	3
Corbiculidae (Unident.) KP029999	5
Oligochaeta LO	3	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	3
Acarina MM	1	6
Mites (Unident.) MM999999	1

Amphipoda OP	180	3
Ceinidae (Unident.) OP029999	180

Unknown OT	26
Atyidae (Unident.) OT019999	26

Coleoptera QC	5	5
Dytiscidae (Unident.) QC099999	4
Dytiscidae (Unident.)(Larva) QC09999I	1
Diptera QD	92	3
Ceratopogonidae (Unident.) QD099999	14

Simuliidae (Unident.) QD109999	11

Orthocladiinae (Unident.) QDAF9999	35
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	32
Ephemeroptera QE	1	9
Baetidae (Unident.) QE029999	1
Hemiptera QH	32	2
Veliidae (Unident.) QH569999	1
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999	24
Notonectidae (Unident.) QH679999	7
Odonata QO	7	3
Coenagrionidae (Unident.) QO029999	7
Trichoptera QT	107	8
Hydroptilidae (Unident.) QT039999	41
Hydropsychidae (Unident.) QT069999	18
Ecnomidae (Unident.) QT089999	1
Leptoceridae (Unident.) QT259999	47

SIGNALT	3.8
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	3.1

Sampled on 7 June 2006

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Unknown IB	24
Hydra sp.(Unident.) IB010199	24
Turbellaria IF	53	2
Dugesiidae (Unident.) IF619999	53
Unknown IH	8
Prostoma graecense IH010101	8
Nematoda II	14	3
Nematoda (Unident.) II999999	14
Gastropoda KG	60	1
Hydrobiidae (Unident.) KG029999	3
Ferrissia petterdi KG060101	1
Glyptophysa sp.(Unident.) KG070299	1
Planorbidae (Unident.) KG079999	1
Physa acuta KG080101	9
Physidae (Unident.) KG089999	21
Gastropoda (Unident.) KG999999	6
Planorbidae/Physidae (Unident.) KG9999A2	18
Bivalvia KP	21	3
Pisidium casertanum KP030101	2
Pisidium sp.(Unident.) KP030199	1
Sphaeriidae (Unident.) KP039999	11
Pelecypoda (Unident.) KP999999	7
Oligochaeta LO	360	2
Phreodrilidae (Unident.) LO039999	41
Tubificidae (Unident.) LO049999	220
Naididae (Unident.) LO059999	27
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	72
Acarina MM	5	6
Anisitsiellidae (Unident.) MM089999	1

Mites (Unident.) MM999999	2

Oribatida (Unident.) MM9999A1	2

Amphipoda OP	471	3
Austrochiltonia sp.(Unident.) OP020199	270

Ceinidae (Unident.) OP029999	150

Amphipoda (Unident.) OP999999	51

Unknown OT	2
Atyidae (Unident.) OT019999	2

Coleoptera QC	19	5
Sternopriscus sp.(Unident.)(Larva) QC09189I	3

Dytiscidae (Unident.) QC099999	2
Scirtidae (Unident.)(Larva) QC20999I	1

Austrolimnius sp.(Unident.) QC340199	2

Austrolimnius sp.L14E QC3401B3	2

Austrolimnius sp.L35E QC3401C1	1

Austrolimnius sp.L64E QC3401C4	2

Elmidae (Unident.) QC349999	1

Elmidae (Unident.)(Larvae) QC34999I	1

Psephenidae (Unident.) QC379999	4

Diptera QD	396	3
Ceratopogonidae (Unident.) QD099999	8

Ceratopogonidae EPA sp.17 QD0999B8	4

Austrosimulium sp.(Unident.) QD100199	1

Simuliidae (Unident.) QD109999	29

Procladius sp.(Unident.) QDAE0899	61
Ablabesmyia sp.(Unident.) QDAE1199	1
Paramerina sp.(Unident.) QDAE1299	11
Tanypodinae (Unident.) QDAE9999	62
Pentaneurini genus C QDAE99A3	6
Parakiefferiella sp.(Unident.) QDAF0399	48
Nanocladius sp.(Unident.) QDAF0499	6
Cricotopus sp.(Unident.) QDAF1599	8
Orthocladiinae (Unident.) QDAF9999	23
Riethia sp.(Unident.) QDAG0199	3
Cladotanytarsus sp.(Unident.) QDAH0399	18
Tanytarsus sp.(Unident.) QDAH0499	5
Chironomus sp.(Unident.) QDAI0499	4

Dicrotendipes sp.(Unident.) QDAI0699	21
Polypedilum sp.(Unident.) QDAI0899	7
Cryptochironomus sp.(Unident.) QDAI1999	2

Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	63
Chironomidae (Unident.)(Larva) QDAZ9999	5
Ephemeroptera QE	4	9
Baetidae (Unident.) QE029999	3
Ephemeroptera (Unident.) QE999999	1
Hemiptera QH	34	2
Veliidae (Unident.) QH569999	1
Gerridae (Unident.) QH579999	1
Micronecta robusta QH650502	1
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999	30
Notonectidae (Unident.) QH679999	1
Lepidoptera QL	2	2
Crambidae (Unident.) QL019999	2

Megaloptera QM	2	8
Sialidae (Unident.) QM029999	2
Odonata QO	23	3
Austroagrion watsoni QO020502	1
Austrocnemis splendida QO020601	2
Ischnura aurora aurora QO021001	2
Coenagrionidae (Unident.) QO029999	7
Zygoptera (Unident.) QO999997	1
Odonata (Unident.) QO999999	10
Plecoptera QP	3	10
Gripopterygidae (Unident.) QP039999	3
Trichoptera QT	83	8
Hydrobiosidae (Unident.) QT019999	2
Hellyethira simplex QT030406	18
Hydroptilidae (Unident.) QT039999	10
Hydropsychidae (Unident.) QT069999	30
Ecnomus myallensis QT080426	1
Ecnomidae (Unident.) QT089999	2
Calamoceratidae (Unident.) QT249999	1
Leptorussa sp.(Unident.) QT250499	1
Notalina spira QT250504	3
Triplectides sp.(Unident.) QT251199	1
Leptoceridae (Unident.) QT259999	12
Trichoptera (Unident.) QT999999	2

SIGNALT	3.7
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	3.2