Table 2

Table 2.27 Fecal Coliform bacteria (cfu/100 ml) data for the 1998-99 monitoring period at the Lower Cape fear River Program stations.
The North Carolina state standard for safe human contact is 200 cfu/100 ml and for shellfishing waters it is 14 cfu/100 ml.

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	IC	NCF6	B210	NCF117
JUN	158	157	86	30	48	33	55	49	32	27	JUN	14	9	6	11	63	59	77	13
JUL	70	18	39	22	32	30	30	98	100	111	JUL	2	4	5	8	50	21	28	20
AUG	32	36	32	35	27	20	10	1	1	6	AUG	2	7	6	24	18	31	82	14
SEP	4453	1603	2728	2129	199	335	235	194	158	55	SEP	49	2600	1375	300	1525	2075	200	1355
OCT	110	120	45	110	49	15	10	3	3	7	OCT	29	25	50	28	100	100	76	60
NOV	265	375	205	68	16	14	10	4	6	6	NOV	12	34	26	116	135	205	107	40
DEC	225	70	100	72	42	9	6	3	3	5	DEC	15	8	10	8	7	63	34	25
JAN	220	133	88	70	56	12	9	3	1	1	JAN	1370	114	930	220	215	136	92	210
FEB	32	54	42	32	46	48	32	6	6	8	FEB	120	30	45	50	40	28	32	46
MAR	9	17	27	6	7	2	1	2	1	1	MAR	6	4	5	16	5	10	15	6
APR	104	410	488	70	50	no data	20	24	no data	24	APR	12	5	4	2	37	68	26	13
MAY	20	26	100	28	28	17	8	9	7	15	MAY	11	34	16	20	14	31	50	19
geo mean	103	97	102	55	37	20	15	9	7	10	geo mean	19	22	24	26	49	67	54	36
mean	475	252	332	223	50	49	36	33	29	22	mean	137	240	207	67	184	236	68	152
std dev	1202	427	733	575	47	91	62	56	49	31	std dev	373	712	433	93	409	557	49	367
max	4453	1603	2728	2129	199	335	235	194	158	111	max	1370	2600	1375	300	1525	2075	200	1355
min	9	17	27	6	7	2	1	1	1	1	min	2	4	4	2	5	10	15	6

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
JUN	53	24	600	55	40	600	65	600	600		JUN	18	35	31	45	208	165	28		120
JUL	123	14	410	137	176	600	244	350	200		JUL	28	20	51	44	98	58	66		97
AUG	14	22	600	600	350	600	40	600	600		AUG	68	53	96	73	220	40	250		136
SEP	2436	2588	23400	2900	5428	1525	###	16900	6713		SEP	70	137	2168	574	257	95	9		2862
OCT	110	177	107	1460	339	394	2370	3410	115		OCT	93	784	203	433	157	112	68		332
NOV	8	74	11	180	208	406	25	4680	35		NOV	64	8	43	18	76	267	95		231
DEC	18	23	160	28	175	253	43	3930	48		DEC	50	27	100	29	160	210	48		177
JAN	285	210	56	56	113	115	149	195	271		JAN	3020	1260	687	592	1050	1530	101		399
FEB	457	76	130	83	361	1080	237	2270	1850		FEB	25	25	15	43	50	105	21		221
MAR	40	53	16	15	70	30	308	38	33		MAR	39	22	28	49	55	50	16		29
APR	24	20	27	48	130	365	48	266	743		APR	46	78	68	73	85	358	83		119
MAY	81	57	58	111	253	530	169	1280	467		MAY	20	9	9	46	109	57	24		110
geo mean	76	65	149	135	223	382	184	978	300		geo mean	59	52	78	81	140	135	46
mean	304	278	2131	473	637	542	1186	2877	973		mean	295	205	292	168	210	254	67		404
std dev	655	699	6416	832	1448	394	2885	4500	1797		std dev	822	380	593	214	261	396	63		1669
max	2436	2588	23400	2900	5428	1525	10530	16900	6713		max	3020	1260	2168	592	1050	1530	250		23400
min	8	14	11	15	40	30	25	38	33		min	18	8	9	18	50	40	9		1