Hunter Catchment Salinity Assessment
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Appendix A: Summary tables Table A1: Land-use classification of water sharing plan management zones throughout the Hunter River catchment Values for land use categories are percentages; area in km2 Catchment Management zone area (km2) AGR CON DEG FOR GRZ H2O MMI RES SRC TRU WST Allyn River 490.78 0.19 17.48 1.36 10.40 67.46 1.03 0.01 1.56 0.01 0.50 0.00 AGR = Cultivation or intensive agriculture Appletree Flat 69.78 4.87 73.76 0.00 0.00 20.96 0.03 0.06 0.00 0.00 0.32 0.00 CON = Conservation or natural areas Baerami Creek 422.83 0.35 92.47 0.00 0.00 6.87 0.30 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.00 DEG = Abandoned or degraded land Black Creek 374.49 10.68 15.16 1.30 7.71 48.75 2.88 0.68 6.32 4.46 1.91 0.14 FOR = Forestry Bow River 392.41 23.47 15.78 0.00 0.70 57.29 0.00 0.00 2.13 0.00 0.63 0.00 GRZ = Grazing or improved pasture Bunnan 49.50 0.69 2.31 0.00 0.00 94.62 1.29 0.00 0.67 0.00 0.42 0.00 H20 = Natural water and wetlands Bylong River 697.54 1.02 66.90 0.00 1.78 29.90 0.09 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.30 0.01 MMI = Mining, manufacturing or industrial Congewai Creek 263.00 0.44 50.30 0.10 2.99 42.20 2.10 0.11 1.15 0.18 0.44 0.01 RES = Urban and rural residential Cuan 218.91 0.19 6.32 0.00 0.00 93.06 0.00 0.08 0.00 0.00 0.36 0.00 SRC = Services or recreation Cuan and Reedy creeks 30.20 0.00 21.19 0.00 0.00 78.81 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 TRU = Transport and utilities Doyles Creek 214.16 0.78 91.32 0.00 0.07 7.41 0.33 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.09 0.00 WST = Waste disposal Giants Creek 108.21 0.36 57.81 0.00 0.00 41.80 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.03 0.00 Glendon Brook 469.65 0.04 11.01 0.21 0.03 85.44 1.59 0.02 1.33 0.00 0.33 0.00 Glennies 515.42 0.17 39.57 0.34 0.03 51.41 3.63 1.61 2.62 0.00 0.61 0.00 Gundy 121.07 1.47 11.48 0.01 0.00 83.01 0.12 0.00 0.27 3.52 0.11 0.00 Halls Creek 266.22 2.02 8.40 0.00 0.00 86.78 1.77 0.00 0.03 0.00 0.99 0.00 Hollydeen 131.54 1.70 45.40 0.00 0.00 47.84 1.62 0.19 0.00 2.18 1.07 0.00 Hunter Regulated River Alluvial 355.81 11.45 1.11 0.35 0.04 71.95 9.08 0.66 2.64 0.76 1.85 0.10 Hunter River Tidal Pool 2.30 0.40 0.00 0.00 0.00 12.62 86.96 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.02 0.00 Isis River 550.06 0.00 0.58 0.00 0.00 97.90 0.90 0.00 0.06 0.00 0.55 0.00 Jerrys 767.43 2.40 23.28 2.06 0.62 50.20 3.44 8.74 0.09 0.00 9.17 0.00 Kars Springs 173.34 2.91 4.67 0.82 0.00 89.92 1.47 0.00 0.03 0.00 0.18 0.00 Kewell Creek 71.48 0.07 18.68 2.12 8.36 68.83 1.94 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Krui River 585.23 11.87 6.21 0.00 3.35 76.93 1.48 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.15 0.00 Lower Dart Brook 33.34 7.76 5.02 0.00 0.00 79.84 6.02 0.00 0.63 0.07 0.66 0.00 Lower Goulburn River 786.29 2.42 61.31 0.05 0.00 32.33 1.07 0.03 0.00 1.73 1.04 0.00 Lower Middle Brook and Kingdon Ponds 56.16 4.64 0.20 0.00 0.36 81.66 7.35 0.13 1.33 1.78 2.17 0.38 Lower Wollombi Brook 962.52 1.56 77.96 0.82 5.70 8.82 1.20 1.46 0.40 1.73 0.34 0.00 Luskintyre 192.19 0.56 23.24 0.03 0.04 72.02 0.95 0.03 2.16 0.00 0.98 0.00 Manobalai 53.82 2.54 29.41 0.00 0.00 66.48 1.25 0.00 0.00 0.19 0.12 0.00 Martindale Creek 462.47 0.35 85.74 0.00 0.03 13.20 0.51 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.16 0.00 Hunter Catchment Salinity Assessment, Appendix A A1 Catchment Management zone area (km2) AGR CON DEG FOR GRZ H2O MMI RES SRC TRU WST Merriwa River 809.01 6.89 20.23 0.00 0.00 71.33 0.82 0.00 0.28 0.01 0.43 0.00 Munmurra River 694.11 6.57 9.49 0.00 2.34 80.13 1.08 0.00 0.02 0.01 0.36 0.00 Murrurundi 226.11 0.32 8.45 0.29 0.00 87.69 1.27 0.06 0.99 0.12 0.82 0.00 Muswellbrook 659.93 1.33 10.11 0.63 0.00 81.42 0.43 2.59 1.89 0.72 0.85 0.03 Newcastle 670.74 1.34 31.38 0.40 2.42 27.71 9.05 1.03 15.88 8.70 1.79 0.26 Paterson River Tidal Pool 1.20 0.32 0.00 0.00 0.10 21.38 78.10 0.00 0.05 0.00 0.05 0.00 Paterson River Tributaries 430.09 0.89 10.47 0.40 0.07 80.17 1.77 0.07 5.32 0.04 0.80 0.00 Petwyn Vale 249.05 0.22 20.44 0.88 0.00 75.25 0.14 0.27 1.50 0.24 0.94 0.12 Rouchel Brook 434.52 0.07 24.03 0.66 0.48 73.53 1.19 0.00 0.02 0.01 0.00 0.00 Scotts Creek 203.46 1.19 8.95 0.55 0.01 87.95 0.90 0.04 0.00 0.00 0.43 0.00 Seaham Weir 2.12 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.46 13.65 84.74 0.00 0.95 0.00 0.20 0.00 Segenhoe 18.53 13.41 0.03 0.00 0.00 73.69 11.95 0.00 0.35 0.54 0.04 0.00 Singleton 416.82 0.70 8.59 2.94 0.33 44.37 1.19 8.42 5.97 26.32 1.02 0.15 Stewarts Brook 192.29 0.01 28.76 0.55 0.00 69.43 1.22 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.03 0.00 Upper Dart Brook 398.39 1.36 14.12 0.46 0.20 82.06 1.07 0.07 0.43 0.03 0.22 0.00 Upper Goulburn River 994.54 2.94 60.74 0.00 5.96 26.81 0.36 0.81 1.84 0.00 0.55 0.00 Upper Hunter 1100.87 0.08 19.12 0.07 2.22 74.31 3.46 0.00 0.42 0.22 0.11 0.00 Upper Middle Brook 63.69 0.21 43.79 0.00 0.00 54.14 0.60 1.18 0.07 0.00 0.00 0.00 Upper Paterson 262.03 0.02 52.10 0.58 15.97 29.55 1.66 0.00 0.00 0.12 0.00 0.00 Wallis Creek 416.01 0.51 33.21 0.71 12.30 37.73 3.54 0.78 6.31 2.41 2.24 0.27 Wallis Creek Tidal Pool 0.24 1.34 0.00 0.00 0.00 36.14 59.87 0.00 1.14 0.65 0.86 0.00 White Rock 49.06 0.82 0.33 0.00 0.00 97.31 1.54 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Widden Brook 708.37 0.57 86.57 0.00 2.48 9.53 0.84 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.00 Williams River 1273.16 0.18 31.61 0.41 4.16 58.32 1.55 0.04 3.09 0.13 0.51 0.00 Wollar Creek 532.00 1.12 64.24 0.00 0.00 34.16 0.00 0.00 0.07 0.00 0.40 0.00 Wollombi Brook 652.13 0.12 51.65 0.05 28.67 6.20 0.80 0.00 12.18 0.03 0.30 0.00 Wybong 94.05 2.89 47.89 0.00 0.00 47.62 1.08 0.02 0.00 0.00 0.49 0.00 Totals 21440.66 2.44 35.26 0.39 3.08 52.25 1.74 0.79 2.00 1.15 0.87 0.02 A2 NSW Environment Protection Authority Table A2: Geological classification of water sharing plan management zones throughout the Hunter River catchment (Cc to Js) Values represent percentage area of the catchment Geological classification Cc Cg Cgd Cl Cm Cs Csi Cu Cv Dc Dch Dcl Dl Dm Ds Dsi Js Carboniferous Carboniferous Carboniferous Carboniferous Carboniferous Carboniferous Carboniferous Carboniferous Carboniferous Devonian Devonian Devonian Devonian Devonian Devonian Devonian Jurassic Conglomerate Granite (Cg) Granitoid Limestone (Cl) Mudstone Sandstone Siltstone (Csi) Undifferentiated Volcanics (Cv) Chert (Dch) Claystone Conglomerate Limestone (Dl) Mudstone Sandstone Siltstone (Dsi) Sandstone Management zone (Cc) (Cgd) (Cm) (Cs) (Cu) (Dcl) (Dc) (Dm) (Ds) (Js) Allyn River 19.49 45.19 0.51 29.2 2.79 Appletree Flat Baerami Creek Black Creek 0.12 1.58 Bow River 0.49 Bunnan Bylong River Congewai Creek Cuan Cuan and Reedy creeks Doyles Creek Giants Creek 2.79 Glendon Brook 41.21 32.23 11.89 Glennies 28.52 3.34 43.19 5.21 Gundy 25.62 6.1 14.54 40.89 6.95 Halls Creek 0.68 Hollydeen Hunter Regulated River Alluvial 2.45 0.09 Hunter River Tidal Pool Isis River 2.64 10.3 16.52 0.94 12.16 3.02 2.44 18.55 8.87 Jerrys 10.94 1.84 9.07 Kars Springs Kewell Creek 0.84 31.23 50.32 Krui River 0.13 Lower Dart Brook Lower Goulburn River 1.21 Lower Middle Brook and Kingdon Ponds 0.05 Lower Wollombi Brook Luskintyre 27.97 0.11 0.15 23.11 21.76 Manobalai Martindale Creek Merriwa River 1.55 Munmurra River Hunter Catchment Salinity Assessment, Appendix A A3 Geological classification Cc Cg Cgd Cl Cm Cs Csi Cu Cv Dc Dch Dcl Dl Dm Ds Dsi Js Carboniferous Carboniferous Carboniferous Carboniferous Carboniferous Carboniferous Carboniferous Carboniferous Carboniferous Devonian Devonian Devonian Devonian Devonian Devonian Devonian Jurassic Conglomerate Granite (Cg) Granitoid Limestone (Cl) Mudstone Sandstone Siltstone (Csi) Undifferentiated Volcanics (Cv) Chert (Dch) Claystone Conglomerate Limestone (Dl) Mudstone Sandstone Siltstone (Dsi) Sandstone Management zone (Cc) (Cgd) (Cm) (Cs) (Cu) (Dcl) (Dc) (Dm) (Ds) (Js) Murrurundi 10.41 5.12 4.67 0.84 0.17 Muswellbrook 9.25 6.26 14.32 Newcastle 0.5 3.23 1.97 Paterson River Tidal Pool 0.68 0.98 Paterson River Tributaries 18.7 21.91 9.85 23.24 Petwyn Vale 0.05 9.91 6.88 0.12 Rouchel Brook 27.48 31.11 32.51 Scotts Creek 12.01 0.56 5.32 3.17 Seaham Weir 6.16 9.93 9.48 Segenhoe 10.29 5.99 4.94 28.17 0.05 Singleton Stewarts Brook 3.52 0.76 8.07 0.51 59.88 7.08 2.98 0.4 Upper Dart Brook 2.79 Upper Goulburn River 6.51 1.09 Upper Hunter 9.58 0.09 5.58 7.4 1.39 1.68 1.01 13.18 3.12 0.79 0.08 12.79 0.02 1.11 Upper Middle Brook 2.19 Upper Paterson 19.39 0.29 21.31 44.32 Wallis Creek Wallis Creek Tidal Pool White Rock Widden Brook Williams River 5.55 54.82 23 9.04 Wollar Creek Wollombi Brook 0.43 Wybong A4 NSW Environment Protection Authority Table A2 (continued: Jsh to H) Geological classification Jsh Jss Mv Pd Pg Pi Pm Pn Ps Psh Psi Pt Pv Q Sv Tb Tg Ths Tns H Jurassic Jurassic Ss Mesozoic Permian Permian Permian Permian Permian Permian Permian Permian Permian Permian Quaternary Silurian Tertiary Tertiary Triassic Triassic Water (H) Shale (Jsh) Shale (Jss) Volcanics Dalwood (Pd) Greta (Pg) Illawarra (Pi) Maitland Newcastle Sandstone Shoalhaven Singleton Tomago (Pt) Volcanics (Q) Volcanics Basalt (Tb) Gravel (Tg) Hawkesbury Narrabeen Ss Management zone (Mv) (Pm) (Pn) (Ps) (Psh) (Psi) (Pv) (Sv) Ss (Ths) (Tns) Allyn River 2.82 Appletree Flat 18.52 0.15 81.34 Baerami Creek 19.79 1.16 79.05 Black Creek 48.95 4.01 34.31 6.78 1.64 2.6 Bow River 0.03 7.54 73.25 18.69 Bunnan 0.06 59.24 40.7 Bylong River 0.01 6.27 32.86 3.13 4.5 53.23 Congewai Creek 1.87 0.69 51.38 0.08 1.71 11.2 0.03 33.03 Cuan 3.37 79.01 17.62 Cuan and Reedy creeks 15.5 43.12 41.38 Doyles Creek 10.02 0.02 89.96 Giants Creek 0.35 14.49 82.37 Glendon Brook 0.67 1.66 3.12 7.33 1.89 Glennies 0.67 14.33 3.13 1.62 Gundy 4.26 0.88 0.78 Halls Creek 1.81 64.4 33.12 Hollydeen 15.81 12.06 72.13 Hunter Regulated River Alluvial 8.59 0.04 1.26 1.53 86.04 Hunter River Tidal Pool 0.01 0.03 2.53 0.19 97.24 Isis River 0.01 0.01 0.03 0.21 24.3 Jerrys 1.11 13.75 55.33 4.52 1.13 2.3 Kars Springs 4.19 88.8 7.01 Kewell