Research Article

River Pollution by Heavy Metals and Associated Impacts on the Adjacent Community, the Case of Holeta and Golli Rivers, Holeta Town, Ethiopia

Table 6

The Pearson correlation test for the mean of each heavy metal in the water samples.

MetalPbNiMnFeCoCuZnCdCr

Pb1
Ni0.87881
Mn0.80800.95521
Fe0.5840.6820.70181
Co0.53250.76830.83780.47711
Cu0.75220.46470.51840.22530.28431
Zn0.79490.70520.77020.5170.48080.86581
Cd0.29760.17070.1854-0.42530.26250.6070.4781
Cr0.74640.89900.94380.64710.68680.51330.8326 0.24621

indicates a significant correlation at , and indicates a significant correlation at .