3.11
Summary
of all Stations
Table 3.11.1
UNCW ratings of sample stations in the Lower Cape Fear River Program,
based on July 2002 - June 2003 monitoring data.
G (good quality) – standard exceeded in < 10% of the measurements
F (fair quality) – standard exceeded in 11-25% of the measurements
P (poor quality) –
standard exceeded in > 25% of the measurements
|
Subbasin |
Station |
DO |
Swamp
DO |
Chl
a |
Fecal
Coliforms* |
Turbidity |
Excessive
Nutrients |
|
03-06-16 |
BRN |
G |
|
G |
F
(25%) |
G |
|
|
|
HAM |
P
(33%) |
F
(25%) |
G |
P
(33%) |
G |
|
|
|
NC11 |
G |
|
G |
G |
G |
|
|
03-06-17 |
LVC |
F
(17%) |
|
G |
G |
G |
|
|
|
AC |
G |
|
G |
G |
P
(42%) |
|
|
|
DP |
F
(25%) |
|
G |
G |
P
(33%) |
|
|
|
IC |
F
(17%) |
|
G |
G |
G |
|
|
|
NAV |
P
(33%) |
|
G |
G |
P
(33%) |
|
|
|
HB |
F
(25%) |
|
G |
G |
G |
|
|
|
BRR |
F
(17%) |
|
G |
G |
G |
|
|
|
M61 |
F
(25%) |
|
G |
G |
G |
|
|
|
M54 |
F
(17%) |
|
G |
G |
G |
|
|
|
M42 |
G |
|
G |
G |
G |
|
|
|
M35 |
G |
|
G |
G |
F
(17%) |
|
|
|
M23 |
G |
|
G |
G |
G |
|
|
|
M18 |
G |
|
G |
G |
G |
|
|
|
SPD |
F
(25%) |
|
G |
G |
G |
|
|
03-06-18 |
SR |
P
(42%) |
P
(33%) |
G |
F
(25%) |
G |
|
|
03-06-19 |
LCO |
G |
|
G |
G |
G |
|
|
|
GCO |
P
(50%) |
F
(17%) |
G |
G |
G |
TP |
|
|
6RC |
G |
|
G |
G |
G |
|
|
03-06-20 |
COL |
G |
|
G |
G |
G |
|
|
|
B210 |
F
(25%) |
G |
G |
G |
G |
|
|
|
BBT |
P
(33%) |
G |
G |
no
sample |
G |
|
|
03-06-21 |
N403 |
P
(67%) |
P
(58%) |
G |
G |
G |
TP
& Nitrate-N |
|
03-06-22 |
PB |
F
(25%) |
F
(25%) |
F
(17%) |
F
(17%) |
G |
TP
& Nitrate-N |
|
|
GS |
P
(42%) |
P
(33%) |
G |
F
(25%) |
G |
|
|
|
SAR |
F
(25%) |
G
|
G |
F
(17%) |
G |
Nitrate-N |
|
|
LRC |
G |
|
G |
F
(25%) |
G |
|
|
|
ROC |
G |
|
G |
F
(17%) |
G |
TP
& Nitrate-N |
|
03-06-23 |
ANC |
P
(58%) |
P
(42%) |
G |
F
(25%) |
G |
|
|
|
BCRR |
P
(42%) |
P
(42%) |
G |
F
(25%) |
G |
TP |
|
|
BC117 |
F
(17%) |
G |
G |
P
(42%) |
G |
TP
& Nitrate-N |
|
|
NCF117 |
P
(33%) |
G |
G |
G |
G |
|
|
|
NCF6 |
P
(33%) |
G |
G |
G |
G |
|
*Fecal coliform bacteria
rating system is based on the human contact standard of
200 CFU/100mL, not the shellfishing standard of 14 CFU/100mL
3.12
References Cited
Cape
Fear River Basinwide Water Quality Plan. July
2000. North Carolina Department of
Environmental and Natural Resources (NCDENR), Division of Water Quality (DWQ)
Section, Raleigh, N.C.
Mallin,
M.A., L.B. Cahoon, D.C. Parsons and S.H. Ensign.
2001. Effect of nitrogen and phosphorus loading on plankton in
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of Freshwater Ecology 16:455-466.
Mallin,
M.A., L.B. Cahoon, M.R. McIver and S.H. Ensign.
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