Table 2.22  Mercury (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 mercury in freshwater is 0.012 mg/L and tidal salt water is 0.025 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
OCT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DEC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FEB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
APR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
JUN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
mean 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
std dev 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
max 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
min 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0