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Table 10.

Chemical characteristics of protected wells serving as water sources for the rural communities in Guto Gida district.

Sampling sites	Iron (mg/L)	Fluoride (mg/L)	Manganese (mg/L)	Nitrate (mg/L)	Sulphate (mg/L)	Zinc (mg/L)	Lead (mg/L)	Phosphate (mg/L)
D1	0.62 ± 0.44^ab	0.89 ± 0.18^ab	0.11 ± 0.08^b	6.71 ± 0.28^b	27.3 ± 5.5^b	3.81 ± 1.21^a	0.02 ± 0.02^a	0.80 ± 1.01^a
D2	0.35 ± 0.24^b	0.67 ± 0.37^ab	0.17 ± 0.21^b	11.13 ± 1.93^ab	38 ± 13.6^ab	0.89 ± 0.66^b	0.01 ± 0.01^a	0.41 ± 0.15^b
J1	0.42 ± 0.22^b	1.09 ± 0.15^a	0.15 ± 0.04^b	11.08 ± 2.90^ab	39 ± 16.9^ab	1.62 ± 1.37^b	0.02 ± 0.02^a	0.43 ± 0.46^b
J2	0.17 ± 0.25^b	0.56 ± 0.21^abc	0.04 ± 0.07^b	9.36 ± 4.22^ab	33 ± 20.1^ab	1.85 ± 0.56^ab	0.15 ± 0.09^a	0.97 ± 0.50^a
K1	0.09 ± 0.03^b	1.08 ± 0.15^a	0.11 ± 0.11^b	14.41 ± 6.23^a	58.3 ± 24^a	2.02 ± 2.26^b	0.07 ± 0.04^a	0.47 ± 0.43^b
K2	0.11 ± 0.05^b	0.07 ± 0.06^c	0.29 ± 0.25^b	10.61 ± 1.74^ab	34 ± 2.6^ab	1.10 ± 0.88^b	0.04 ± 0.07^a	0.70 ± 0.28^a
S1	1.14 ± 0.80^a	0.36 ± 0.58^bc	0.62 ± 0.19^a	7.03 ± 0.50^ab	33.3 ± 4.2^ab	1.15 ± 0.099^b	0.02 ± 0.01^a	1.08 ± 0.12^a
S2	1.17 ± 0.15^a	0.97 ± 0.30^a	0.18 ± 0.16^b	11.52 ± 6.96^ab	26.0 ± 15.1^b	1.07 ± 0.15^b	0.02 ± 0.02^a	0.77 ± 0.61^a

Data are average of triplicates; SE: standard error; numbers indicated by the same letter superscripts within the same column do not vary significantly by Duncan's multiple range test at p < 0.05, D1: Dalo, J: Jato, K: Kumsa Moroda, S1: Sorga Site one, S2: Sorga Site two.