Table 3.
Water Parameters | Mean ± S.D | Range | WHO/FAO limits | References |
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Temperature (°C) | 22.78 ± 0.05 | 22.7–22.8 | 20 to 36 °C | (FAO, 2012) |
Dissolved Oxygen (DO) mg/L | 5.66 ± 2.83 | 5.66–5.7 | 3 to 5 mg/L | (El-Sayed, 2006) |
Salinity (g/L) | 0.79 ± 0.11 | 0.68–0.9 | 0.5 to 2.5 g/L | (Yanbo et al., 2006) |
pH | 7.70 ± 0.12 | 7.6–7.8 | 5.5 to 9.5 | (Rebouças et al., 2016) |
Electric Conductivity (EC) µS/cm | 2354.5 ± 65.03 | 2307.6–2445.5 | 100 to 2000 μS/cm | (Stone et al., 2013). |
Total Dissolve Solids (TDS) mg/L |
1353.8 ± 186.37 | 1077.1–1464.8 | <400 ppm | (Boyd et al., 2016) |
Nitrates mg/L |
0.20 ± 0.01 | 0.19–0.21 | 0.2 to 219 mg/l | (Boyd et al., 2007) |
Alkalinity mg/L |
379.0 ± 28.07 | 338.4–401.6 | 20 mg/l | (Boyd et al., 2016). |