Table 12.

Pearson's correlation coefficient showing relationship among physicochemical and bacteriological parameters.

Parameter	Color	Turbidity	Temperature	pH	EC	TDS	Iron	Fluoride	Manganese	Nitrate	Phosphate	Sulphate	Zinc	lead	TC	FC
Color	1
Turbidity	0.09	1
Temperature	0.09	0.03	1
pH	0.12	−0.08	−.15	1
EC	0.14	0.13	0.84∗∗	−0.28	1
TDS	0.30	0.19	0.66∗∗	−0.30	0.78∗∗	1
Iron	−0.06	0.42∗	0.033	−0.65∗∗	0.09	0.16	1
Fluoride	−0.33	0.022	0.329	−0.711∗∗	0.424∗	0.253	0.598∗∗	1
Manganese	0.105	0.38	0.21	−0.46∗	0.21	0.09	0.76∗∗	0.59∗∗	1
Nitrate	0.16	0.20	0.34	0.14	0.54∗∗	0.57∗∗	−0.22	−0.14	−0.30	1
Phosphate	−0.11	−0.04	0.18	−0.24	0.03	0.07	0.39	0.43∗	0.36	−0.35	1
Sulphate	0.01	−0.05	−0.15	−0.48∗	−0.02	0.09	0.10	0.01	−0.01	0.08	0.16	1
Zinc	0.19	0.42∗	−0.17	−0.12	−0.07	0.01	0.04	0.08	0.06	−0.14	0.34	0.17	1
Lead	−0.16	−0.15	−0.01	0.32	−0.43∗	−0.30	−0.14	−0.13	0.01	−0.39	0.23	−0.40	0.06	1
TC)	0.08	0.79∗∗	0.14	−0.17	0.16	0.42∗	0.40∗	0.06	0.18	0.24	0.15	0.00	0.33	−0.06	1
FC	0.09	0.77∗∗	0.13	0.02	0.13	0.37	0.22	−0.08	0.01	0.31	0.01	−0.14	0.34	−0.02	0.95∗∗	1

^∗Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed). ^∗∗Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed).