Table 3.

Kendall correlation coefficients for dissolved species

	pH	Ca	Mg	Na	K	SO4	Cl	HCO3	NO3	SiO2	TDS
pH	1.00
Ca	0.12	1.00
Mg	0.19	0.80	1.00
Na	0.01	0.55	0.62	1.00
K	−0.11	0.55	0.48	0.50	1.00
SO4	0.02	0.67	0.67	0.73	0.65	1.00
Cl	0.03	0.60	0.66	0.82	0.49	0.70	1.00
HCO3	0.15	0.72	0.66	0.35	0.36	0.44	0.41	1.00
NO3	−0.01	0.44	0.46	0.54	0.36	0.46	0.57	0.30	1.00
SiO2	−0.15	0.20	0.20	0.45	0.25	0.28	0.43	0.12	0.46	1.00
TDS	0.06	0.78	0.79	0.76	0.61	0.82	0.76	0.55	0.52	0.32	1.00

Italicized values indicate significant correlations at p< 0.05