Table 2.27  Fecal Coliform bacteria (cfu/100 ml) at the Lower Cape Fear River Program stations for the 1999-2000 monitoring period.
                    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

21

21

26

24

9

5

1

1

2

5

JUN

8

4

3

14

8

44

21

18

JUL

128

107

133

89

58

43

13

8

1

6

JUL

14

3,150

90

250

89

70

120

64

AUG

33

46

32

87

29

1

1

1

1

1

AUG

1

8

3

13

45

29

46

13

SEP

54

34

98

30

52

27

6

3

3

3

SEP

110

105

120

52

30

39

29

29

OCT

10

9

9

13

11

13

26

10

1

23

OCT

26

19

27

9

4

7

13

16

NOV

46

42

52

42

63

76

47

23

7

46

NOV

123

910

200

123

40

50

66

58

DEC

16

31

41

29

24

29

13

10

8

13

DEC

7

1

17

13

19

17

27

17

JAN

8

30

22

11

3

9

3

1

1

5

JAN

8

7

5

11

6

21

19

17

FEB

40

60

46

33

50

42

59

27

3

22

FEB

23

10

28

45

28

13

20

14

MAR

17

8

11

47

27

23

9

3

1

4

MAR

8

11

5

7

10

25

20

6

APR

13

20

19

24

20

17

15

14

6

10

APR

34

16

14

4

15

29

23

22

MAY

21

20

31

40

24

6

6

12

1

5

MAY

9

12

6

8

22

30

21

25

geo mean

25

28

32

33

23

15

9

5

2

7

geo mean

15

23

17

20

19

27

28

20

mean

34

36

43

39

31

24

17

9

3

12

mean

31

354

43

46

26

31

35

25

std dev

32

26

35

24

19

20

18

8

2

12

std dev

39

878

59

70

23

17

29

17

max

128

107

133

89

63

76

59

27

8

46

max

123

3,150

200

250

89

70

120

64

min

8

8

9

11

3

1

1

1

1

1

min

1

1

3

4

4

7

13

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

77

35

657

265

470

4,230

130

4,990

20

JUN

20

8

6

72

54

20

41

333

JUL

120

120

3,510

600

600

6,000

300

6,000

300

JUL

70

83

600

700

4,745

140

217

839

AUG

89

10

146

590

564

54

120

180

4,463

AUG

25

13

167

70

116

24

16

207

SEP

144

44

75

487

387

9,000

200

6,700

7,600

SEP

159

59

468

470

66

585

44

803

OCT

5

23

19

30

203

145

16

420

50

OCT

14

34

9

7

93

130

9

43

NOV

24

16

23

24

125

1,970

136

410

444

NOV

59

104

104

69

1,190

870

106

226

DEC

41

50

34

17

63

80

91

203

47

DEC

41

21

27

24

48

527

13

49

JAN

57

32

29

6

70

114

210

44

257

JAN

40

11

19

40

40

467

15

48

FEB

13

14

15

12

33

52

58

20

5

FEB

18

11

30

20

15

73

12

28

MAR

6

9

6

51

69

819

31

36

702

MAR

173

10

14

56

47

44

15

69

APR

12

34

15

9

22

110

22

51

709

APR

1

5

29

36

53

35

7

43

MAY

63

34

15

12

29

75

44

91

76

MAY

21

27

17

24

60

37

13

28

geo mean

33

27

50

50

121

387

80

275

216

geo mean

30

21

42

55

99

113

23

mean

54

35

379

175

220

1,887

113

1,595

1,223

mean

53

32

124

132

544

246

42

226

std dev

44

29

960

233

213

2,840

84

2,511

2,256

std dev

54

31

191

209

1,305

276

59

937

max

144

120

3,510

600

600

9,000

300

6,700

7,600

max

173

104

600

700

4,745

870

217

9,000

min

5

9

6

6

22

52

16

20

5

min

1

5

6

7

15

20

7

1