Integrated Approach to Hydrogeochemical Appraisal and Quality Assessment of Groundwater from Sargodha District, Pakistan

Table 2

Correlation coefficient matrix for the physiochemical parameters in groundwater.

	pH	EC	TDS	TH	HCO3^-	Cl^-	F	SO4^2-	NO3^-	Ca	Mg	Na	K	Fe
pH	1
EC	-0.221	1
TDS	-0.216	0.986	1
TH	-0.277	0.770	0.801	1
HCO3^-	-0.094	0.691	0.713	0.593	1
Cl^-	-0.302	0.845	0.830	0.642	0.326	1
F	0.332	0.241	0.241	0.005	0.306	0.024	1
SO4^2-	0.029	0.375	0.381	0.445	0.236	0.243	0.235	1
NO3^-	-0.114	0.815	0.841	0.741	0.417	0.641	0.221	0.340	1
Ca	-0.344	0.599	0.632	0.870	0.545	0.479	-0.169	0.326	0.524	1
Mg	-0.091	0.709	0.725	0.803	0.437	0.619	0.199	0.439	0.749	0.417	1
Na	-0.119	0.900	0.896	0.498	0.645	0.762	0.303	0.174	0.732	0.310	0.544	1
K	-0.120	0.242	0.225	0.095	0.298	0.102	0.448	0.152	0.050	0.165	-0.028	0.088	1
Fe	-0.146	0.262	0.289	0.396	0.352	0.170	-0.006	0.128	0.223	0.264	0.422	0.177	-0.033	1