Physicochemical Characterization of Dembi Reservoir Water for Suitability of Fish Production, Southwest Ethiopia

Table 1

Physical properties of Dembi reservoir water (n = 10).

Sampling sites	Physical properties
	Depth (m)	Turbidity (FTU)	Temperature (°C)	Conductivity (μS/cm)
P1	3.09 ± 0.01j	27.01 ± 0.03a	27.13 ± 0.03a	52.87 ± 0.05a
P2	4.39 ± 0.01h	26.36 ± 0.04cd	27.08 ± 0.03ab	52.23 ± 0.03b
P3	5.21 ± 0.02f	26.54 ± 0.06b	26.99 ± 0.03b	51.75 ± 0.05c
P4	6.09 ± 0.01e	27.02 ± 0.03a	27.13 ± 0.06a	51.36 ± 0.02d
P5	7.58 ± 0.01b	26.43 ± 0.03bc	26.47 ± 0.06d	50.12 ± 0.03f
P6	7.89 ± 0.01a	25.55 ± 0.05f	26.51 ± 0.01d	50.0 ± 0.04g
P7	6.69 ± 0.01d	25.82 ± 0.07e	26.77 ± 0.04c	50.18 ± 0.02f
P8	7.19 ± 0.01c	26.27 ± 0.04d	26.17 ± 0.04e	49.03 ± 0.07h
P9	4.49 ± 0.01g	26.48 ± 0.03b	26.23 ± 0.03e	51.00 ± 0.01e
P10	3.79 ± 0.01i	26.3 ± 0.05d	26.97 ± 0.03b	51.77 ± 0.07c
Overall mean ± SD	5.64 ± 1.61	26.38 ± 0.44	26.74 ± 0.36	51.03 ± 1.14

The values are given as mean ± SD. P1, P2, P3, P4, P5, P6, P7, P8, P9, and P10, reservoir water sampling sites; SD, standard deviation. Means in columns followed by the same letter(s) are not significantly different at 5% level of significance.