Research Article
Assessment of Groundwater Quality in the Talensi District, Northern Ghana
Table 4
Pearson’s correlation matrix between water quality parameters.
| | pH | EC | TDS | SAL | TH | Ca2+ | Mg2+ | Na+ | K+ | | Cl− | | | | F− |
| pH | 1.00 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | EC | 0.79 | 1.00 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | TDS | 0.82 | 0.96 | 1.00 | | | | | | | | | | | | | SAL | 0.57 | 0.76 | 0.83 | 1.00 | | | | | | | | | | | | TH | 0.61 | 0.68 | 0.74 | 0.66 | 1.00 | | | | | | | | | | | Ca2+ | 0.84 | 0.84 | 0.88 | 0.67 | 0.70 | 1.00 | | | | | | | | | | Mg2+ | 0.80 | 0.73 | 0.76 | 0.51 | 0.57 | 0.76 | 1.00 | | | | | | | | | Na+ | 0.67 | 0.77 | 0.75 | 0.62 | 0.52 | 0.54 | 0.41 | 1.00 | | | | | | | | K+ | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.16 | 0.08 | 0.25 | 0.12 | 0.33 | 0.00 | 1.00 | | | | | | | | 0.94 | 0.86 | 0.90 | 0.69 | 0.66 | 0.88 | 0.89 | 0.67 | 0.24 | 1.00 | | | | | | Cl− | 0.46 | 0.72 | 0.67 | 0.56 | 0.59 | 0.52 | 0.33 | 0.73 | 0.03 | 0.45 | 1.00 | | | | | | 0.36 | 0.40 | 0.36 | 0.26 | −0.03 | 0.41 | 0.29 | 0.29 | −0.26 | 0.37 | 0.07 | 1.00 | | | | | −0.15 | −0.04 | −0.12 | −0.04 | 0.03 | 0.05 | −0.20 | 0.07 | −0.09 | −0.16 | 0.12 | −0.10 | 1.00 | | | | −0.05 | −0.12 | −0.07 | −0.07 | 0.08 | −0.01 | 0.02 | −0.07 | 0.05 | −0.05 | 0.06 | −0.34 | 0.21 | 1.00 | | F− | 0.38 | 0.33 | 0.32 | 0.24 | 0.22 | 0.37 | 0.29 | 0.21 | −0.11 | 0.38 | 0.03 | 0.59 | 0.15 | −0.13 | 1.00 |
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