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Salinity condition

Salinity type	Area affected (ha)	Area Managed in 2003-04 (ha)
Primary	281	11
Secondary	1068	11

Waterway Condition

Streams in the Otway Coast Basin, which has 60 per cent forest cover, are in good or excellent condition, particularly in the central section of the basin that contain many high ecological values. Streams in marginal or poor condition are generally in the far western and eastern sections of the basin. Summaries of the condition of waterways in each of the Otway Coast Basin landscape zones are provided below.

	Excellent	Good	Marginal	Poor	Very poor
Flow	X
Bed, bank, stability	X
Streamside vegetation		X
Water quality		X
Aquatic life		X
Table 1: Current Condition of Waterways within the Aire* catchment*

	Excellent	Good	Marginal	Poor	Very poor
Flow	X
Bed, bank, stability			X
Streamside vegetation				X
Water quality			X
Aquatic life			X
Table 2: Current Condition of Waterways within the Curdies* catchment*

	Excellent	Good	Marginal	Poor	Very poor
Flow	X
Bed, bank, stability			X
Streamside vegetation			X
Water quality		X
Aquatic life		X
Table 3: Current Condition of Waterways within the Gellibrand* Catchment*

	Excellent	Good	Marginal	Poor	Very poor
Flow	X
Bed, bank, stability		X
Streamside vegetation		X
Water quality		X
Aquatic life		X
Table 4: Current Condition of Waterways within the Otway Coast* catchments*

	Excellent	Good	Marginal	Poor	Very poor
Flow	X
Bed, bank, stability		X
Streamside vegetation			X
Water quality		X
Aquatic life			X
Table 5: Current Condition of Waterways within the Thompson* catchment*

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