Table 1 Summary statistics for the analyzed water parameters.

From: A data-driven high-accuracy modelling of acidity behavior in heavily contaminated mining environments

Parameters

Minimum

Maximum

Mean

Median

Standard-deviation

Coefficient of variation (CV)

pH

1.67

3.06

2.49

2.64

0.30

12

EC

1,129

51,260

7,137

4,462

8,956

125

Acidity

238

125,250

6,811

1,635

21,816

320

Sulfate

482

171,639

10,489

3,538

30,688

293

Fe(total)

0.06

32,400

1,327

56.1

5,248

395

Fe2+

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16,818

393

0.58

2,402

611

Fe3+

0.06

16,147

934

55.4

3,163

339

Al

31.4

8,530

548

208

1,565

285

As

0.03

8.85

0.58

0.03

1.51

261

Cd

0.003

3.30

0.22

0.05

0.55

255

Ca

12.5

421

123

94.4

83.0

67

Cu

1.98

1,370

647

12.1

224

346

K

0.20

10.0

1.97

1.15

1.98

100

Mg

42.6

10,800

714

291

1,837

257

Mn

2.17

358

42.4

26.5

64.0

151

Co

0.06

18.3

1.10

0.46

2.89

264

Zn

0.51

520

60.7

14.3

123

203

Pb

0.01

7.28

0.38

0.06

1.20

312

  1. Note: EC is expressed in µS/cm, acidity is expressed in mg/L of CaCO3, sulfate is expressed in mg/L, the concentration of all elements is expressed in mg/L, and the CV is expressed as a percentage (%).