The quality of drinking and domestic water from the surface water sources (lakes, rivers, irrigation canals and ponds) and springs in cholera prone communities of Uganda: an analysis of vital physicochemical parameters

Table 5 Turkey’s post hoc test results for comparison of the water physicochemical characteristics (pH, temperature, dissolved oxygen, conductivity and turbidity) for the springs and ponds that were studied

Pairs for comparison	Widest or least difference	Difference	Standard error	t-statistic	P-values
pH
Nyakirango spring vs Katanga spring	Widest	1.084	0.147	7.360	0.000
Nyakirango spring vs Kibenge spring	Least	0.083	0.151	0.550	0.850
Mughende Pond vs Wanseko Pond	Widest	2.724	0.195	−13.960	0.000
Mughende Pond vs Dadira Pond	Least	1.118	0.190	5.870	0.000
*Temperature*
Katanga spring vs Kibenge spring	Widest	17.018	0.968	17.580	0.000
Katanga spring vs Nyakirango spring	Least	0.545	0.968	0.560	0.841
Kibenge vs Dadira pond	Widest	13.040	0.791	16.480	0.000
Wanseko vs Mughende pond	Least	−2.703	0.812	−3.330	0.013
*Dissolved oxygen*
Katanga spring vs Nyakirango spring	Widest	2.159	0.452	4.770	0.000
Nyakirango spring vs Kibenge spring	Least	0.657	0.462	1.420	0.342
Panyimur vs Mughende pond	Widest	−8.216	1.612	−5.100	0.000
Mughende vs Kibenge pond	Least	5.917	1.612	3.670	0.005
*Conductivity*
Nyakirango spring vs Kibenge spring	Widest	− 3186.560	78.124	−40.790	0.000
Nyakirango spring vs Katanga spring	Least	−186.649	76.479	−2.440	0.052
Wanseko vs Kibenge pond	Widest	− 3224.843	131.695	−24.490	0.000
Wanseko vs Dadira pond	Least	− 527.101	134.388	−3.920	0.002
*Turbidity*
Nyakirango spring vs Kibenge spring	Widest	115.071	38.545	2.990	0.019
Kibenge spring vs Katanga spring	Least	−36.026	36.189	−1.000	0.588
Wanseko Vs Kibenge pond	Widest	100.114	42.282	2.370	0.147
Wanseko Vs Kibenge pond	Least	6.012	39.551	0.150	1.000

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