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d/s Onkaparinga -Murray Pipeline 3268

Source	Australian Water Quality Centre
Latest Sample Date	10-05-1997
Taxa count ORDER	9
Taxa count FAMILY	17
Taxa count ALT	24
Mayflies present?	0
	ORDER	FAMILY	ALT
SIGNAL	2.9	3	2.2
Weighted SIGNAL	2.7	2.6	3.1

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, 3.2.4 Pasture legume/grass mixtures, 3.2.5 Sown grasses, 4.2.0 Grazing irrigated modified pastures, 4.2.2 Irrigated pasture legumes, 4.2.3 Irrigated legume/grass mixtures, 4.2.4 Irrigated sown grasses	43.01%	9,737,348,989m²
	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, 5.5.4 Defence facilities - urban, 5.5.5 Research facilities, 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, 5.7.5 Navigation and communication	22.12%	5,008,422,327m²
	Arable Farming	3.3.0 Cropping, 3.3.1 Cereals, 3.3.3 Hay and silage, 3.4.0 Perennial horticulture, 3.4.2 Olives, 3.4.6 Perennial flowers and bulbs, 4.3.0 Irrigated cropping, 4.3.1 Irrigated cereals, 4.3.3 Irrigated hay and silage, 4.4.0 Irrigated perennial horticulture, 4.4.1 Irrigated tree fruits, 4.4.2 Irrigated olives, 4.4.5 Irrigated shrub berries and fruits, 4.4.6 Irrigated perennial flowers and bulbs, 4.4.7 Irrigated perennial vegetables and herbs, 4.4.8 Irrigated citrus, 4.4.9 Irrigated grapes, 4.5.0 Irrigated seasonal horticulture, 4.5.2 Irrigated seasonal flowers and bulbs, 4.5.3 Irrigated seasonal vegetables and herbs	20.21%	4,575,429,042m²
	Minimal Use	1.3.3 Residual native cover, 1.3.4 Rehabilitation, 2.1.0 Grazing native vegetation	7.65%	1,731,473,148m²
	Natural	1.1.1 Strict nature reserves, 1.1.4 Natural feature protection, 1.1.7 Other conserved area, 1.2.4 Landscape	2.11%	478,742,575m²
	Water	6.1.0 Lake, 6.2.2 Water storage - intensive use/farm dams, 6.3.1 River - conservation	1.33%	301,245,328m²
	Unknown	3.6.0 Land in transition, 3.6.1 Degraded land, 3.6.4 No defined use, 4.6.0 Irrigated land in transition, 4.6.4 No defined use (irrigation), 4.6.5 Abandoned irrigated perennial horticulture, 5.2.8 Abandoned intensive animal production	0.78%	176,997,255m²
	Forestry Plantation	3.1.1 Hardwood plantation forestry, 3.1.2 Softwood plantation forestry, 3.1.3 Other forest plantation, 3.1.4 Environmental forest plantation	0.76%	172,497,325m²
	Industrial	5.3.0 Manufacturing and industrial, 5.3.5 Abattoirs, 5.5.1 Commercial services	0.72%	162,997,472m²
	Intensive Pastoral Farming	5.2.1 Dairy sheds and yards, 5.2.3 Poultry farms, 5.2.5 Aquaculture, 5.2.6 Horse studs	0.67%	151,247,654m²
	Intensive Arable Farming	5.1.0 Intensive horticulture, 5.1.1 Production nurseries, 5.1.2 Shadehouses, 5.1.3 Glasshouses	0.22%	49,499,232m²
	Mining	5.8.2 Quarries	0.19%	42,249,345m²
	Waste Management	5.9.2 Landfill, 5.9.5 Sewage/sewerage	0.14%	30,749,523m²
	Forestry	3.1.0 Plantation forests	0.03%	7,749,880m²
Show minor land uses 10
				226,411,489m²

Waterbug sample history

Sampled on 29 October 1998

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Nematoda II	36	3
Nematoda (Unident.) II999999	36
Oligochaeta LO	88	2
Tubificidae (Unident.) LO049999	87
Naididae (Unident.) LO059999	1
Acarina MM	2	6
Oribatida (Unident.) MM9999A1	2

Amphipoda OP	18	3
Austrochiltonia australis OP020101	18

Isopoda OR	1	2
Heterias pusillus OR180102	1

Unknown QA	20
Entomobryidae (Unident.) QA079999	20
Coleoptera QC	2	5
Hydrophilidae (Unident.)(Larva) QC11999I	1

Hydraena sp.(Unident.) QC130199	1

Diptera QD	40	3
Tipulidae EPA sp.42 QD0199A7	9
Culicoides sp.(Unident.) QD090899	2

Ceratopogonidae (Unident.) (Pupa) QD09999I	6

Simuliidae (Unident.) QD109999	2

Procladius sp.(Unident.) QDAE0899	1
Parakiefferiella sp.(Unident.) QDAF0399	1
Thienemanniella sp.(Unident.) QDAF0799	5
Eukiefferiella sp.(Unident.) QDAF1399	2
Cricotopus sp.(Unident.) QDAF1599	6
Orthocladiinae (Unident.) QDAF9999	1
Tanytarsus sp.(Unident.) QDAH0499	1
Polypedilum sp.(Unident.) QDAI0899	2
Cryptochironomus sp.(Unident.) QDAI1999	2

Hemiptera QH	23	2
Micronecta annae annae QH650504	2
Micronecta sp.(Unident.) QH650599	21

SIGNALT	2.9
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	2.4

Sampled on 10 May 1997

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Nematoda II	7	3
Nematoda (Unident.) II999999	7
Oligochaeta LO	19	2
Naididae (Unident.) LO059999	19
Acarina MM	1	6
Oribatida (Unident.) MM9999A1	1

Amphipoda OP	153	3
Austrochiltonia australis OP020101	153

Unknown OV	2
Cherax destructor destructor OV010101	2

Diptera QD	56	3
Bezzia sp.(Unident.) QD090499	2

Psychodidae (Unident.) QD129999	1

Procladius sp.(Unident.) QDAE0899	2
Cricotopus sp.(Unident.) QDAF1599	5
Cladotanytarsus sp.(Unident.) QDAH0399	1
Tanytarsus sp.(Unident.) QDAH0499	1
Paratanytarsus sp.(Unident.) QDAH0699	12
Chironomus sp.(Unident.) QDAI0499	32

Ephemeroptera QE	13	9
Baetidae (Unident.) QE029999	1
Tasmanocoenis tillyardi QE080101	12
Hemiptera QH	69	2
Microvelia sp.(Unident.) QH560199	1
Micronecta annae annae QH650504	68
Trichoptera QT	6	8
Ecnomus pansus QT080401	1
Ecnomus cygnitus QT080405	1
Ecnomus sp.(Unident.) QT080499	2
Oecetis sp.(Unident.) QT250799	2

SIGNALT	4.0
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	4.0