The Scientific World Journal

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