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. 2022 Oct 28;45(6):3345–3359. doi: 10.1007/s10653-022-01413-7

Table 4.

Principal component analysis of the collected groundwater and surface water samples

Total variance explained
Component Initial eigenvalues Extraction sums of squared loadings Rotation sums of squared loadings
Total % Of Variance Cumulative % Total % Of variance Cumulative % Total % Of Variance Cumulative %
1 5.050 36.075 36.075 5.050 36.075 36.075 3.710 26.498 26.498
2 2.482 17.729 53.804 2.482 17.729 53.804 2.871 20.508 47.006
3 1.599 11.421 65.225 1.599 11.421 65.225 2.270 16.211 63.217
4 1.381 9.868 75.093 1.381 9.868 75.093 1.389 9.924 73.141
5 1.085 7.752 82.845 1.085 7.752 82.845 1.359 9.704 82.845
6 .769 5.491 88.336
7 .563 4.019 92.355
8 .395 2.819 95.174
9 .305 2.176 97.350
10 .175 1.253 98.603
11 .106 .759 99.362
12 .067 .477 99.839
13 .022 .155 99.994
14 .001 .006 100.000
Component Matrix using Principal Component Analysis
Component
1 2 3 4 5
Hardness .920 .240 .070 .095 .010
pH − .262 − .413 − .017 − .278 .755
TDS .915 .276 -.051 -.033 -.023
SO4 .829 .138 .027 -.296 .156
NO3 .483 .166 .562 -.364 .366
Al -.017 -.193 .129 .719 .466
Ba .412 .158 .615 .459 .015
Fe .525 .144 -.732 .264 .166
Mn .609 .167 -.554 .032 .212
Sr .875 .249 .164 .003 -.140
Total Coliform − .511 .815 − .045 − .082 .134
Fecal Coliform − .512 .807 − .054 − .081 .137
Salmonella and Shigella − .410 .715 .050 − .079 .084
Total Count − .322 .362 .060 .506 .047