Table 2.6  Turbidity (NTU) at the Lower Cape Fear River Program stations for the 1999-2000 monitoring period.
                    North Carolina state standard for freshwater is 50 NTU and for tidal saltwater is 25 NTU.

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

BBT

IC

NCF6

B210

NCF117

JUN

22

12

9

10

9

9

10

5

20

6

JUN

11

15

16

15

12

16

25

7

9

JUL

17

20

16

10

17

10

8

5

7

7

JUL

14

16

12

12

13

12

17

NA

1

AUG

32

19

21

19

17

14

10

6

11

7

AUG

11

12

12

16

16

25

12

3

6

SEP

81

48

42

43

26

30

17

16

12

21

SEP

167

119

145

79

36

35

18

2

1

OCT

16

16

17

10

16

14

21

10

8

9

OCT

26

15

24

18

6

11

4

3

3

NOV

13

14

15

16

23

78

27

8

19

49

NOV

25

20

22

23

6

12

6

5

5

DEC

15

31

16

14

20

10

10

7

9

12

DEC

11

12

11

12

11

14

10

0

2

JAN

16

29

19

18

14

12

8

5

9

6

JAN

14

13

14

15

14

13

19

0

3

FEB

37

36

35

32

44

59

40

22

13

59

FEB

38

5

36

39

15

24

11

6

8

MAR

16

18

16

22

28

26

10

6

5

9

MAR

16

20

18

19

11

11

5

6

5

APR

16

17

48

17

37

22

7

9

9

11

APR

15

12

16

13

7

10

5

6

3

MAY

21

19

17

38

22

14

11

9

8

10

MAY

33

35

34

30

16

17

12

6

4

mean

25

23

23

21

23

25

15

9

11

17

mean

32

25

30

24

14

17

12

4

4

std dev

18

10

12

11

9

21

9

5

4

17

std dev

42

29

36

18

8

7

6

2

2

max

81

48

48

43

44

78

40

22

20

59

max

167

119

145

79

36

35

25

7

9

min

13

12

9

10

9

9

7

5

5

6

min

11

5

11

12

6

10

4

0

1

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

5

2

3

12

13

3

4

9

7

JUN

3

4

2

9

3

3

4

9

JUL

7

3

6

11

9

125

6

19

61

JUL

8

11

4

27

48

5

5

17

AUG

6

2

3

14

19

3

8

10

16

AUG

9

3

5

25

4

7

3

12

SEP

6

3

4

12

10

65

24

63

63

SEP

11

5

15

17

3

15

5

36

OCT

4

4

4

7

6

21

4

19

19

OCT

11

2

2

11

7

6

1

11

NOV

9

7

5

2

6

9

8

22

25

NOV

16

2

1

1

40

14

2

16

DEC

8

8

6

1

9

4

5

7

10

DEC

5

4

3

1

6

6

3

9

JAN

12

7

6

2

6

5

5

7

26

JAN

5

3

2

1

4

6

3

10

FEB

9

5

3

0

2

5

4

13

20

FEB

3

2

1

1

8

6

3

18

MAR

8

5

4

1

4

4

3

9

24

MAR

4

3

2

1

6

5

4

10

APR

9

8

8

2

6

7

5

9

23

APR

6

3

3

1

10

6

3

11

MAY

12

6

6

1

3

8

7

16

18

MAY

6

7

3

8

13

8

4

14

mean

8

5

5

5

8

22

7

17

26

mean

7

4

4

9

13

7

3

14

std dev

2

2

1

5

4

35

5

15

17

std dev

4

3

4

9

14

3

1

18

max

12

8

8

14

19

125

24

63

63

max

16

11

15

27

48

15

5

167

min

4

2

3

0

2

3

3

7

7

min

3

2

1

1

3

3

1

0