Table 2.6 Turbidity (NTU) at the Lower Cape Fear River Program stations for the 2002-2003 monitoring period.
| 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 | BBT | IC | NCF6 | B210 | NCF117 | |
| JUL | 18 | 18 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 8 | JUL | 8 | 9 | 10 | 16 | 11 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 4 | |
| AUG | 17 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 15 | AUG | 10 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 15 | 1 | 4 | |
| SEP | 21 | 18 | 19 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 15 | SEP | 29 | 4 | 28 | 19 | 11 | 14 | 31 | 2 | 4 | |
| OCT | 24 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 28 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 13 | OCT | 9 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 1 | |
| NOV | 35 | 38 | 31 | 20 | 30 | 25 | 99 | 17 | 13 | 17 | NOV | 20 | 20 | 17 | 14 | 16 | 20 | 24 | 2 | 2 | |
| DEC | 32 | 29 | 32 | 36 | 31 | 22 | 26 | 17 | 21 | 18 | DEC | 12 | 11 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 17 | 38 | 2 | 4 | |
| JAN | 21 | 16 | 38 | 47 | 41 | 36 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 9 | JAN | 46 | 5 | 41 | 38 | 15 | 23 | 13 | 6 | 4 | |
| FEB | 12 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 20 | 11 | FEB | 18 | 20 | 19 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 15 | 3 | 4 | |
| MAR | 71 | 70 | 53 | 65 | 63 | 55 | 42 | 25 | 21 | 28 | MAR | 86 | 82 | 87 | 96 | 42 | 70 | 10 | 3 | 5 | |
| APR | 39 | 30 | 25 | 25 | 29 | 34 | 25 | 17 | 10 | 11 | APR | 36 | 19 | 38 | 35 | 15 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 3 | |
| MAY | 21 | 17 | 14 | 22 | 22 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 18 | MAY | 18 | 20 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 23 | 3 | 3 | |
| JUN | 24 | 23 | 19 | 14 | 23 | 19 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 8 | JUN | 30 | 21 | 32 | 30 | 11 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 3 | |
| mean | 28 | 25 | 24 | 23 | 27 | 23 | 23 | 12 | 12 | 14 | mean | 27 | 19 | 27 | 26 | 14 | 21 | 16 | 3 | 3 | |
| std dev | 15 | 15 | 12 | 17 | 14 | 13 | 25 | 6 | 6 | 5 | std dev | 21 | 20 | 21 | 23 | 9 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 1 | |
| max | 71 | 70 | 53 | 65 | 63 | 55 | 99 | 25 | 21 | 28 | max | 86 | 82 | 87 | 96 | 42 | 70 | 38 | 6 | 5 | |
| min | 12 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 8 | min | 8 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | |
| 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 | |||
| JUL | 4 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 25 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 19 | JUL | 5 | 15 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 9 | |||
| AUG | 4 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | AUG | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 8 | |||
| SEP | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 11 | SEP | 17 | 6 | 20 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | |||
| OCT | 5 | 2 | 35 | 4 | 34 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | OCT | 4 | 2 | 15 | 25 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | |||
| NOV | 9 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 16 | NOV | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 16 | |||
| DEC | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 16 | 8 | DEC | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 13 | |||
| JAN | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 52 | JAN | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 15 | |||
| FEB | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 81 | 11 | FEB | 5 | 3 | 2 | 38 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 12 | |||
| MAR | 13 | 3 | 140 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 12 | MAR | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 85 | 125 | 2 | 40 | |||
| APR | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 9 | APR | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 14 | |||
| MAY | 15 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 12 | MAY | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 2 | 11 | |||
| JUN | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 9 | 19 | 13 | JUN | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 12 | |||
| mean | 7 | 3 | 18 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 15 | mean | 6 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 17 | 3 | ||||
| std dev | 4 | 2 | 38 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 21 | 11 | std dev | 4 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 22 | 33 | 3 | ||||
| max | 15 | 6 | 140 | 7 | 34 | 26 | 12 | 81 | 52 | max | 17 | 15 | 20 | 38 | 85 | 125 | 9 | ||||
| min | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | min | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 |