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Table 3
Descriptive statistics on parameters for the Ontario dataset

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Units
Effective
Mean
Median
Standard deviation
Ammonia mg/L
6,451
0.003
0.001
0.011
Cadmium µg/L
6,367
0.162
0.047
0.385
Chloride mg/L
6,383
42.628
20.800
104.316
Chromium µg/L
6,366
1.829
0.278
80.339
Copper µg/L
6,367
2.307
1.100
32.209
Nickel µg/L
6,367
1.004
0.664
3.042
Nitrate mg/L
6,452
1.651
0.484
2.621
Nitrite mg/L
6,452
0.030
0.010
0.153
pH pH
6,498
8.174
8.210
0.250
Phosphorus mg/L
6,462
0.062
0.031
0.107
Lead µg/L
6,367
2.941
0.292
15.744
Suspended solids mg/L
6,448
22.800
6.500
80.250
Temperature °C
6,498
13.345
14.013
7.684
Zinc µg/L
6,367
6.222
3.030
25.185
Data source: Data come from federal, provincial and joint water quality surveillance programs.
Table source: Statistics Canada, 2007, Environment Accounts and Statistics Technical Paper Series, volume 2007, number 3, Behaviour Study on the Water Quality Index of the Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment, catalogue number 16-001-MWE.