Research Article

Statistical Assessment of Water Quality Parameters for Pollution Source Identification in Sukhnag Stream: An Inflow Stream of Lake Wular (Ramsar Site), Kashmir Himalaya

Table 4

Loadings of 26 experimental variables on principal components for Sukhnag stream.

VariablesFactor 1Factor 2

WT0.15130.9283
Depth0.9684−0.2298
pH−0.9312−0.4996
DO−0.9309−0.7505
EC0.8865 −0.449
Velocity0.9814−0.1033
F–CO20.12860.9913
Alkalinity0.34850.9345
O–PO40.9291−0.3316
TP0.9957−0.09201
NO3–N0.9961−0.08224
NO2–N−0.038370.9913
NH4–N−0.6931−0.7058
Org-N0.14080.9899
TN0.62930.7754
Cl0.9045−0.1383
TH0.9382−0.3449
Ca–H0.9689−0.2011
Mg–H0.8792−0.4466
Ca2+0.99120.1325
Mg2+0.94440.3026
Na+0.99560.03841
K+0.8731−0.3702
TS0.9837−0.07564
TSS0.9944−0.07786
TDS0.9715−0.07375