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Table 4
Descriptive statistics on parameters for the British Columbia dataset

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Units
Effective
Mean
Median
Standard deviation
Cadmium µg/L
1,136
0.100
0.100
0.050
Chromium µg/L
1,136
0.448
0.200
2.473
Copper µg/L
1,866
1.851
0.800
4.275
pH pH
1,891
7.894
7.940
0.217
Phosphorus mg/L
1,479
0.029
0.008
0.067
Lead µg/L
1,866
0.724
0.200
1.134
Temperature °C
1,822
8.476
7.500
5.364
Zinc µg/L
1,866
3.800
2.200
5.436
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.