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Off Quinlan Street Hoppers Crossing at proposed works WER1386

Source	Melbourne Water
Latest Sample Date	11-04-2012
Taxa count ORDER	13
Taxa count FAMILY	22
Taxa count ALT	22
Mayflies present?	1
	ORDER	FAMILY	ALT
SIGNAL	3.3	3.5	2.5
Weighted SIGNAL	3.5		3.5

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	36.71%	53,050,723,559m²
	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	18.19%	26,293,382,666m²
	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, 5.7.1 Airports/aerodromes, 5.7.2 Roads, 5.7.3 Railways, 5.7.4 Ports and water transport, 5.7.5 Navigation and communication	18.15%	26,232,888,113m²
	Forestry	2.2.0 Production native forests, 3.1.0 Plantation forests	15.74%	22,753,701,362m²
	Arable Farming	3.3.0 Cropping, 3.3.1 Cereals, 3.3.4 Oilseeds, 3.3.8 Pulses, 3.4.0 Perennial horticulture, 3.4.9 Grapes, 3.5.3 Seasonal vegetables and herbs, 4.3.0 Irrigated cropping, 4.3.1 Irrigated cereals, 4.4.0 Irrigated perennial horticulture, 4.5.3 Irrigated seasonal vegetables and herbs	5.58%	8,065,273,840m²
	Forestry Plantation	3.1.1 Hardwood plantation forestry, 3.1.2 Softwood plantation forestry	1.87%	2,698,507,039m²
	Unknown	3.6.4 No defined use, 5.8.4 Extractive industry not in use	1.15%	1,663,600,217m²
	Intensive Pastoral Farming	5.2.3 Poultry farms, 5.2.5 Aquaculture, 5.2.6 Horse studs	0.73%	1,057,404,796m²
	Waste Management	5.9.0 Waste treatment and disposal, 5.9.2 Landfill, 5.9.5 Sewage/sewerage	0.70%	1,017,658,375m²
	Industrial	5.3.0 Manufacturing and industrial, 5.3.1 General purpose factory, 5.3.4 Bulk grain storage, 5.3.5 Abattoirs, 5.5.1 Commercial services	0.40%	574,198,302m²
	Minimal Use	1.3.0 Other minimal use	0.38%	547,200,733m²
	Water	6.2.1 Reservoir, 6.3.0 River, 6.4.1 Supply channel/aqueduct	0.33%	482,206,584m²
	Mining	5.8.2 Quarries	0.04%	63,744,261m²
	Intensive Arable Farming	5.1.1 Production nurseries, 5.1.3 Glasshouses	0.02%	22,247,997m²
Show minor land uses 9
				1,445,284,873m²

Waterbug sample history

Sampled on 11 April 2012

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Gastropoda KG	12	1
Hydrobiidae (Unident.) KG029999	5
Lymnaeidae (Unident.) KG059999	2
Planorbidae (Unident.) KG079999	2
Physidae (Unident.) KG089999	3
Bivalvia KP	3	3
Corbiculidae (Unident.) KP029999	3
Hirudinea LH	1	1
Glossiphoniidae (Unident.) LH019999	1
Oligochaeta LO	3	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	3
Acarina MM	27	6
Mites (Unident.) MM999999	27

Unknown OT	26
Atyidae (Unident.) OT019999	26

Unknown OX	2
Hymenostomatidae (Unident.) OX019999	2

Coleoptera QC	1	5
Hydraenidae (Unident.) QC139999	1

Diptera QD	35	3
Tanypodinae (Unident.) QDAE9999	1
Orthocladiinae (Unident.) QDAF9999	4
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	30
Ephemeroptera QE	1	9
Caenidae (Unident.) QE089999	1
Hemiptera QH	29	2
Veliidae (Unident.) QH569999	5
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999	24
Odonata QO	6	3
Coenagrionidae (Unident.) QO029999	6
Trichoptera QT	15	8
Hydroptilidae (Unident.) QT039999	1
Calamoceratidae (Unident.) QT249999	1
Leptoceridae (Unident.) QT259999	12
Trichoptera (Unident.) QT999999	1

SIGNALT	3.3
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	3.2

Sampled on 22 May 2008

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Turbellaria IF	2	2
Dugesiidae (Unident.) IF619999	2
Gastropoda KG	6	1
Lymnaeidae (Unident.) KG059999	1
Planorbidae (Unident.) KG079999	4
Physidae (Unident.) KG089999	1
Hirudinea LH	1	1
Glossiphoniidae (Unident.) LH019999	1
Oligochaeta LO	4	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	4
Acarina MM	5	6
Mites (Unident.) MM999999	5

Unknown OT	8
Atyidae (Unident.) OT019999	8

Coleoptera QC	2	5
Haliplidae (Unident.) QC069999	1
Scirtidae (Unident.)(Larva) QC20999I	1

Diptera QD	24	3
Ceratopogonidae (Unident.) QD099999	14

Tanypodinae (Unident.) QDAE9999	7
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	3
Hemiptera QH	1	2
Veliidae (Unident.) QH569999	1
Odonata QO	22	3
Coenagrionidae (Unident.) QO029999	18
Protoneuridae (Unident.) QO049999	1
Aeshnidae (Unident.) QO129999	2
Zygoptera (Unident.) QO999997	1
Trichoptera QT	5	8
Hydroptilidae (Unident.) QT039999	5

SIGNALT	3.0
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	2.9