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 Coastal Plain blackwater streams.  Journal of Freshwater Ecology 16:455-466.

Mallin, M.A., L.B. Cahoon, M.R. McIver and S.H. Ensign.  2002.  Seeking science-based nutrient standards for coastal blackwater stream systems.  Report No. 341.  Water Resources Research Institute of the University of North Carolina, Raleigh, N.C.