Table 2.24 Zinc (mg/l) at the Lower Cape Fear River Program stations for the 2000-2001 monitoring period. The North Carolina state standard for zinc in freshwater is 50 mg/l and in tidal salt water it is 86 mg/l.
| DWQ# | 72 | 73 | 86 | 87 | 88 | 89 | 90 | 91 | ||
| month | NAV | HB | M61 | M54 | M42 | M35 | M23 | M18 | ||
| JUN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| JUL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| AUG | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| SEP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| OCT | 12 | 12 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| NOV | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| DEC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||
| JAN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| FEB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| MAR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| APR | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| MAY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 11 | ||
| JUN | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||
| mean | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| std dev | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | ||
| max | 12 | 12 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 10 | 11 | 11 | ||
| 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | JUN | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| JUL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | JUL | 0 | 0 | 12 | |
| AUG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | AUG | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| SEP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | SEP | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| OCT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | OCT | 0 | 0 | 10 | |
| NOV | 11 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NOV | 0 | 0 | 24 | |
| DEC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | DEC | 0 | 0 | 16 | |
| JAN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | JAN | 0 | 0 | 17 | |
| FEB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FEB | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| MAR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | MAR | 0 | 0 | 11 | |
| APR | 14 | 14 | 10 | 15 | 0 | APR | 0 | 0 | 10 | |
| MAY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | MAY | 0 | 0 | 19 | |
| JUN | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | JUN | 0 | 0 | 10 | |
| mean | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | mean | 0 | 0 | 10 | |
| std dev | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | std dev | 0 | 0 | 8 | |
| max | 14 | 15 | 10 | 15 | 15 | max | 0 | 0 | 24 | |
| min | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | min | 0 | 0 | 0 |