Table 2.19  Copper (mg/l) at the Lower Cape Fear River Program stations for the 2000-2001 monitoring period.  The North Carolina state standard for copper in freshwater is 7 mg/l and in tidal salt water is 3 mg/l.

DWQ# 72 73 86 87    88 89 90 91    
month NAV HB M61 M54 M42 M35 M23 M18    
JUN 2 4 5 3 2 4 4 0    
JUL 3 2 6 8 6 7 6 6    
AUG 3 2 3 4 4 3 4 0    
SEP 0 2 6 3 5 3 0 5    
OCT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0    
NOV 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0    
DEC 2 0 0 0 0 3 3 0    
JAN 7 0 0 0 0 0 6 0    
FEB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0    
MAR 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0    
APR 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0    
MAY 10 12 10 3 5 0 22 9    
JUN 2 2 2 2 3 4 5 6    
mean 3 2 3 2 2 2 4 2    
std dev 3 3 4 2 2 2 6 3    
max 10 12 10 8 6 7 22 9    
min 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0    
                     
                     
DWQ# 59 61 92 71 84   DWQ# 79 80 83
month NC11 AC DP IC NCF117   month SAR LRC BC117
JUN 4 4 3 3 2   JUN 4 3 9
JUL 4 4 4 4 0   JUL 4 3 11
AUG 4 4 4 3 3   AUG 5 3 5
SEP 3 4 3 2 2   SEP 0 0 0
OCT 4 4 3 2 0   OCT 0 0 7
NOV 3 2 3 2 0   NOV 0 0 13
DEC 0 2 2 2 0   DEC 0 0 6
JAN 0 0 5 0 0   JAN 0 0 3
FEB 2 2 2 2 0   FEB 0 0 2
MAR 3 3 4 2 0   MAR 0 0 0
APR 6 6 6 4 0   APR 0 0 0
MAY 0 3 3 4 0   MAY 0 0 14
JUN 3 4 3 3 0   JUN 0 0 3
mean 3 3 3 3 1   mean 1 1 6
std dev 2 1 1 1 1   std dev 2 1 5
max 6 6 6 4 3   max 5 3 14
min 0 0 2 0 0   min 0 0 0