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Table 4.

Pearson's correlation Matrix of physiochemical parameter of analyzed water (STW) (n = 24).

	pH	EC	TDS	DO	Salinity	Alkalinity	Ca²⁺	Mg²⁺	Na⁺	K⁺	Cl⁻	NO₃⁻	HCO₃⁻	SO₄^2-	TH
pH	1
EC	0.07	1
TDS	0.12	0.93	1
DO	0.17	0.24	0.21	1
Salinity	0.25	0.93	0.96	0.17	1
Alkalinity	0.10	−0.34	−0.33	−0.03	−0.34	1
Ca²⁺	0.01	0.63	0.54	0.26	0.60	−0.31	1
Mg²⁺	0.12	0.40	0.41	0.13	0.46	0.02	0.62	1
Na⁺	0.36	0.56	0.54	0.09	0.58	−0.26	0.67	0.40	1
K⁺	0.37	0.14	0.18	−0.31	0.17	−0.13	−0.30	−0.10	0.15	1
Cl⁻	−0.23	−0.08	−0.13	0.01	−0.20	0.28	−0.39	−0.34	−0.28	−0.02	1
NO₃⁻	−0.17	0.20	0.13	0.07	0.13	−0.24	0.09	0.29	0.17	−0.03	−0.02	1
HCO₃⁻	0.12	−0.36	−0.34	−0.09	−0.35	0.99	−0.32	0.01	−0.25	−0.12	0.27	−0.28	1
SO₄²⁻	−0.24	0.30	0.21	−0.03	0.11	−0.07	−0.14	−0.12	0.08	0.20	0.34	0.38	−0.04	1
TH	0.09	0.54	0.51	0.19	0.56	−0.11	0.83	0.95	0.56	−0.19	−0.39	0.27	−0.12	−0.14	1