Table 5. Correlation matrix; fecal indictor organisms and total source contamination percentage (n = 25) (Clostridium perfringens and Heterotropic plate counts were excluded due to low record numbers).

			Total Coliforms	E. coli	Enterococci	Coliphage	% Contamination
Spearman’s rho	Total Coliforms	Correlation Coefficient	1	0.907**	0.923**	0.608**	0.289*
		Significance (2-tailed)	.	0	0	0.001	0.034
		N	54	41	38	28	54
	E. coli	Correlation Coefficient	0.907**	1	0.843**	0.627**	−0.161
		Significance (2-tailed)	0	.	0.001	0.001	0.269
		N	41	49	32	23	49
	Enterococci	Correlation Coefficient	0.923**	0.843**	1	0.601**	−0.435**
		Significance (2-tailed)	0	0		0.001	0.006
		N	38	32	39	29	39
	Coliphage	Correlation Coefficient	0.608**	0.627**	0.601**	1	−0.032
		Significance (2-tailed)	0.001	0.001	0.001	.	0.856
		N	28	23	29	30	30
	% Contamination	Correlation Coefficient	−0.289*	−0.161	−0.435**	−0.32	1
		Significance (2-tailed)	54	0.269	0.006	0.866	.
		N		49	39	30	62

**Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed).

*Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed).