Table 5: The Factor loadings of the measured parameters during the wet season which suited the provisions of Orthogonal Varimax rotation.

 

Component

   

Commonalities

 

1

2

3

4

Extraction

pH

-0.166

-0.169

0.948*

0.157

0.980

TDS

-0.148

0.292

0.060

0.934*

0.983

EC

-0.194

0.280

0.010

0.921*

0.964

Cl-

0.830*

-0.292

-0.155

-0.379

0.942

Na+

-0.071

-0.203

0.285

0.925*

0.983

SO-24

0.694*

-0.702*

0.043

-0.059

0.980

F-

-0.071

-0.246

0.735*

0.596*

0.961

Ca2+

0.865*

0.002

-0.191

-0.307

0.879

K+

0.929*

-0.040

-0.198

0.148

0.926

CO2

-0.088

0.967*

-0.147

0.092

0.974

H2CO3

0.102

0.485

-0.762*

-0.023

0.827

HCO-3

-0.102

0.968*

-0.122

0.100

0.973

CO=3

-0.118

0.237

0.944*

0.061

0.966

H2S

0.572*

-0.503*

0.081

-0.237

0.643

NH-4

0.519*

0.367

-0.529*

-0.038

0.685

 

Aquifer salinity

Carbonate equilibrium with external pH controls

Alkalinity of water

Electrolytic conduction