Hydrogeochemistry of Surface and Ground Water in Alatening Village, Northwest Region, Cameroon

Table. 9

Correlation of elements in water sources in Alatening.

	pH	EC	TDS	Tur	T	K^+	Na^+	Ca^2+	Mg^2+		N-NH4	N-NO3	Cl^−	HCO^3−
pH	1
EC	0.500	1
TDS	0.500	0.900	1
Turbidity	0.500	0.500	0.300	1
T	0.700	0.900	0.700	0.200	1
K^+	0.400	0.200	0.100	0.100	0.000	1
Na^+	0.900	0.800	0.600	0.600	0.900	0.300	1
Ca^2+	0.700	0.400	0.000	0.200	0.700	0.100	0.600	1
Mg^2+	0.667	0.564	0.205	0.872	0.221	0.154	0.667	0.975	1
	0.300	0.100	0.200	0.300	0.000	0.500	0.100	0.300	0.205	1
N-NH4	0.400	0.200	0.100	0.001	0.000	1.000	0.300	0.100	4.15	0.100	1
N-NO3	0.051	0.154	0.103	0.564	0.308	0.667	0.051	0.667	0.684	0.205	0.200	1
Cl^−	0.872	0.462	0.308	0.667	0.718	0.667	0.872	0.564	0.579	0.000	0.154	0.158	1
HCO^3−	0.564	0.359	0.103	0.975	0.718	0.154	0.564	0.872	0.895	1.000	0.500	0.306	0.579	1

Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed), and Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed).