Table 2.19 Copper
(mg/l) at the Lower Cape
Fear River Program stations for the 2002-2003 monitoring period.
A zero value represents
a measurement below the analytical detection limit.
The North Carolina standard for copper in freshwater is 7 mg/l
and in tidal salt water is 3 mg/l.
| DWQ# | 72 | 87 | 89 | 90 | 91 | 59 | 74 | 92 | 79 | 80 | 83 | 84 | 65 | 64 | 68 |
| month | NAV | M54 | M35 | M23 | M18 | NC11 | LVC | DP | SAR | LRC | BC117 | NCF 117 | 6RC | GCO | COL |
| AUG | 0 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| OCT | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DEC | 7 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FEB | 11 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| APR | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| JUN | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| mean | 6 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| std dev | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| max | 14 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| min | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |