Table 2.2  Salinity (parts per thousand) at the Lower Cape Fear River Program stations for the 1999-2000 monitoring period.

DWQ#

72

73

75

86

87

88

89

90

91

85

93

month

NAV

HB

BRR

M61

M54

M42

M35

M23

M18

NCF6

SPD

mean

JUN

2.0

4.4

6.8

11.2

13.6

16.0

21.3

27.9

30.7

no data

29.6

16.4

JUL

1.0

1.3

2.7

5.3

9.9

13.5

19.4

29.0

32.8

5.0

29.3

13.6

AUG

11.4

10.9

12.4

15.1

20.5

25.2

30.5

34.3

35.4

10.3

34.1

21.8

SEP

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.5

1.6

4.4

8.7

21.3

24.0

0.1

24.9

7.8

OCT

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.1

3.5

3.7

0.0

8.5

1.4

NOV

0.0

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

1.5

6.3

11.6

0.0

17.9

3.4

DEC

0.1

0.8

0.2

2.3

3.4

7.1

15.0

17.6

26.0

0.3

26.4

9.0

JAN

0.1

0.1

0.3

3.9

5.7

8.9

13.5

20.3

25.8

0.1

26.5

9.6

FEB

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.1

0.1

0.4

3.3

14.5

28.0

0.0

13.0

5.4

MAR

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.9

2.2

4.7

8.7

16.2

31.2

0.1

21.2

7.8

APR

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.5

1.8

4.2

10.2

15.7

23.5

0.0

20.5

7.0

MAY

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.2

2.2

3.5

9.6

23.1

30.9

0.5

21.1

8.3

mean

1.3

1.5

1.9

3.3

5.1

7.3

11.8

19.1

25.3

1.5

22.8

std dev

3.1

3.1

3.7

4.7

6.1

7.2

8.4

8.6

8.8

3.1

7.0

max

11.4

10.9

12.4

15.1

20.5

25.2

30.5

34.3

35.4

10.3

34.1

min

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.1

3.5

3.7

0.0

8.5