[Table/Fig-9]:
Correlation matrix for water quality parameters in bore well drinking water samples.
| TUR | pH | EC | TDS | TA | TH | Ca | MG | F | Cl | NO3 | SO4 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TUR | 1.000 | |||||||||||
| pH | -0.197 | 1.000 | ||||||||||
| EC | 0.040 | 0.018 | 1.000 | |||||||||
| TDS | -0.126 | -0.100 | 0.904 | 1.000 | ||||||||
| TA | 0.088 | -0.142 | 0.721 | 0.556 | 1.000 | |||||||
| TH | 0.221 | -0.303 | 0.815 | 0.800 | 0.689 | 1.000 | ||||||
| Ca | 0.026 | -0.114 | 0.733 | 0.584 | 0.776 | 0.804 | 1.000 | |||||
| MG | -0.221 | 0.023 | 0.458 | 0.253 | 0.672 | 0.393 | 0.781 | 1.000 | ||||
| F | 0.023 | 0.255 | 0.412 | 0.372 | 0.179 | 0.333 | 0.268 | 0.220 | 1.000 | |||
| Cl | -0.124 | 0.220 | 0.763 | 0.687 | 0.508 | 0.573 | 0.567 | 0.457 | 0.419 | 1.000 | ||
| NO3 | -0.053 | -0.263 | 0.683 | 0.660 | 0.518 | 0.614 | 0.534 | 0.457 | 0.132 | 0.579 | 1.000 | |
| SO4 | -0.082 | 0.024 | 0.712 | 0.610 | 0.458 | 0.516 | 0.584 | 0.516 | 0.334 | 0.606 | 0.532 | 1.000 |
*EC: Electrical Conductivity; TDS: Total Dissolved Solids; TA: Total Alkalinity; TH: Total Hardness; Ca: Calcium;Mg: Magnesium;F:Fluorine;Cl: Chlorine;SO4: Sulphate; Na: Sodium;K:Potassium;Cd: Cadmium;Co: Cobalt;Cr: Chromium;Cu: Copper; Fe: Iron; Li: Lithium; Mn: Manganese; Ni: Nickel; Pb: Lead; Sr: Strontium; Zn: Zinc; NO3: Nitrate; TUR: Turbidity.