| Factor loadings | Factor-1 | Factor-2 | Factor-3 |
| Temperature | −0.03 | 0.39 | 0.07 |
| pH | −0.05 | 0.06 | 0.99 |
| Transparency | 0.39 | 0.68 | 0.12 |
| Salinity | 0.28 | −0.29 | 0.14 |
| DO | 0.98 | 0.16 | 0.11 |
| Hardness | −0.12 | −0.85 | 0.12 |
| Biomass | 0.61 | 0.07 | −0.27 |
| Eigen values | 2.18 | 1.32 | 1.15 |
| % cumulative variation | 33.77 | 54.24 | 72.10 |