ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY OF WILMINGTON AND
NEW HANOVER COUNTY WATERSHEDS
1999-2000

by
Michael A. Mallin, Lawrence B. Cahoon, Scott H. Ensign, Douglas C. Parsons,
Virginia L. Johnson and James F. Merritt

CMS Report 00-02
Center for Marine Science
University of North Carolina at Wilmington
Wilmington, N.C. 28409
December, 2000
                                       

Executive Summary

Pages Creek

Introduction

Smith Creek

 Methods

Upper and Lower Cape Fear

Barnards Creek

Whiskey Creek

Bradley Creek

Rainfall Effects on Silicate Loading to Tidal Creeks

Burnt Mill Creek

References Cited

Futch Creek

Acknowledgments

Greenfield Lake

Appendix A: Selected N.C. water quality standards

Hewletts Creek

Appendix B: Water Body Use Support Rankings 

Howe Creek

Appendix C: UNCW reports related to tidal creeks

Motts Creek

Cover: A Global View of Howe Creek (by Scott Ensign)

Funded by:
City of Wilmington
New Hanover County
Northeast New Hanover Conservancy