Table 2.27 Fecal Coliform Bacteria (cfu/100 ml) at the Lower Cape Fear River Program stations for the 2000-2001 monitoring period. The North Carolina state standard for safe human contact is 200 cfu/100 ml and for shellfishing waters it is 14 cfu/100 ml.
| DWQ# | 72 | 73 | 75 | 86 | 87 | 88 | 89 | 90 | 91 | 93 | DWQ# | 59 | 74 | 61 | 92 | 71 | 85 | 70 | 84 | |||
| month | NAV | HB | BRR | M61 | M54 | M42 | M35 | M23 | M18 | SPD | month | NC11 | LVC | AC | DP | IC | NCF6 | B210 | NCF117 | |||
| JUN | 59 | 41 | 56 | 30 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 3 | JUN | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 19 | 50 | 16 | |||
| JUL | 22 | 64 | 66 | 27 | 25 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | JUL | 7 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 30 | 44 | 25 | |||
| AUG | no data | 31 | 25 | 42 | 70 | 69 | no data | no data | 2 | 6 | AUG | 12 | 63 | 22 | 21 | 17 | 18 | 53 | 19 | |||
| SEP | 1,200 | 358 | 488 | 962 | 1,400 | 2 | 728 | 4 | 5 | 2 | SEP | 17 | 630 | 62 | 50 | 10 | 20 | 40 | 52 | |||
| OCT | 50 | 44 | 40 | 23 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | OCT | 5 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 22 | 33 | 52 | 21 | |||
| NOV | 16 | 19 | 13 | 30 | 25 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 5 | NOV | 14 | 15 | 20 | 20 | 48 | 75 | 46 | 29 | |||
| DEC | 21 | 25 | 20 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | DEC | 9 | 572 | 1 | 13 | 23 | 12 | 73 | 21 | |||
| JAN | 9 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | JAN | 7 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 46 | 17 | |||
| FEB | 10 | 15 | 21 | 13 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | FEB | 2 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 25 | 28 | 11 | |||
| MAR | 20 | 41 | 40 | 36 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | MAR | 20 | 25 | 21 | 28 | 22 | 33 | 48 | 15 | |||
| APR | 306 | 254 | 92 | 37 | 9 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 6 | APR | 99 | 22 | 95 | 94 | 54 | 22 | 55 | 11 | |||
| MAY | 110 | 120 | 91 | 24 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | MAY | 5 | 8 | 2 | 40 | 99 | 74 | 22 | 28 | |||
| JUN | 50 | 42 | 46 | 54 | 15 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | JUN | 10 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 11 | 28 | 59 | 19 | |||
| geo mean | 46 | 45 | 42 | 29 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3 | geo mean | 9 | 17 | 9 | 18 | 17 | 26 | 46 | 20 | |||
| mean | 156 | 82 | 77 | 100 | 124 | 13 | 65 | 2 | 2 | 3 | mean | 16 | 105 | 21 | 25 | 26 | 31 | 47 | 22 | |||
| std dev | 325 | 101 | 121 | 249 | 369 | 17 | 200 | 2 | 2 | 2 | std dev | 25 | 212 | 26 | 24 | 26 | 20 | 12 | 10 | |||
| max | 1,200 | 358 | 488 | 962 | 1,400 | 69 | 728 | 8 | 6 | 6 | max | 99 | 630 | 95 | 94 | 99 | 75 | 73 | 52 | |||
| min | 9 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | min | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 22 | 11 | |||
| DWQ# | 69 | 79 | 78 | 94 | 77 | 80 | 81 | 83 | 82 | DWQ# | 65 | 64 | 63 | 62 | 66 | 67 | 68 | All stations | ||||
| month | ANC | SAR | GS | NC403 | PB | LRC | ROC | BC117 | BCRR | month | 6RC | LCO | GCO | SR | BRN | HAM | COL | mean | ||||
| JUN | 7 | 62 | 104 | 29 | 114 | 193 | 115 | 173 | 192 | JUN | 40 | 46 | 17 | 73 | 106 | 263 | 25 | 56 | ||||
| JUL | 7 | 31 | 128 | 377 | 87,800 | 2,240 | 187 | 67 | 58 | JUL | 20 | 38 | 17 | 46 | 175 | 350 | 59 | 2,704 | ||||
| AUG | 71 | 210 | 70 | 78 | 533 | 567 | 66 | 77 | 370 | AUG | 64 | 38 | 52 | 72 | 105 | 71 | 43 | 95 | ||||
| SEP | 127 | 430 | 390 | 93 | 155 | 300 | 121 | 220 | 197 | SEP | 210 | 64 | 1,170 | 1,290 | 223 | 215 | 210 | 337 | ||||
| OCT | 27 | 60 | 44 | 12 | 80 | 227 | 44 | 37 | 273 | OCT | 43 | 51 | 30 | 36 | 90 | 58 | 20 | 43 | ||||
| NOV | 62 | 28 | 82 | 230 | 18 | 106 | 247 | 310 | 77 | NOV | 51 | 49 | 10 | 52 | 40 | 42 | 300 | 62 | ||||
| DEC | 136 | 267 | 102 | 40 | 40 | 90 | 247 | 66 | 540 | DEC | 270 | 86 | 53 | 67 | 94 | 101 | 260 | 97 | ||||
| JAN | 22 | 76 | 57 | 51 | 78 | 338 | 110 | 43 | 23 | JAN | 104 | 74 | 19 | 13 | 44 | 48 | 22 | 37 | ||||
| FEB | 42 | 98 | 120 | 52 | 151 | 247 | 420 | 277 | 364 | FEB | 58 | 48 | 9 | 96 | 11 | 371 | 40 | 76 | ||||
| MAR | 1,370 | 70 | 40 | 27 | 87 | 125 | 800 | 450 | 1,000 | MAR | 54 | 62 | 25 | 56 | 28 | 94 | 52 | 139 | ||||
| APR | 21 | 23 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 13 | 49 | 53 | 20 | APR | 46 | 29 | 18 | 19 | 31 | 66 | 14 | 48 | ||||
| MAY | 13 | 16 | 10 | 83 | 4 | 151 | 42 | 44 | 790 | MAY | 14 | 15 | 12 | 871 | 33 | 15 | 76 | 84 | ||||
| JUN | 78 | 90 | 130 | 58 | 26 | 270 | 155 | 390 | 145 | JUN | 36 | 27 | 24 | 46 | 104 | 42 | 20 | 60 | ||||
| geo mean | 45 | 72 | 71 | 54 | 91 | 201 | 136 | 116 | 178 | geo mean | 56 | 44 | 28 | 74 | 62 | 90 | 52 | 101 | ||||
| mean | 153 | 112 | 100 | 88 | 6,853 | 374 | 200 | 170 | 311 | mean | 78 | 48 | 112 | 211 | 83 | 134 | 88 | 295 | ||||
| std dev | 354 | 116 | 92 | 100 | 23,368 | 555 | 201 | 140 | 292 | std dev | 73 | 19 | 306 | 381 | 60 | 118 | 96 | |||||
| max | 1,370 | 430 | 390 | 377 | 87,800 | 2,240 | 800 | 450 | 1,000 | max | 270 | 86 | 1,170 | 1,290 | 223 | 371 | 300 | 2,704 | ||||
| min | 7 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 13 | 42 | 37 | 20 | min | 14 | 15 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 15 | 14 | 37 |