List of Tables (supplementary)

Supplementary Tab. 1: The coordinates and the water elevations of the samples. The coordinates of the samples are in the Jordan Transverse Mercator (JTM).

Supplementary Tab. 2: The value of physiochemical measurement and chemical analysis of the major cation and anion of the samples (the symbol # means not measured).

Supplementary Tab. 3: The method, limits of detection and uncertainty of A) the chemical analysis and B) physiochemical parameters. Water Sample X Y level Sample ID Symbol Coordinate Coordinate (m asl.) Type Date Ein Almineaa T1 373744 506151 577 Well Oct 2007 Ein Hamamat Main creek T2 368469 499141 -17 Spring Oct 2007 Bar Alsbawi alarish T3 385030 517267 699 Well Oct 2007 Bar Alfasalia T4 382806 515585 682 Well Oct 2007 Bar Abdlatif abushuima T5 389198 506494 565 Well Oct 2007 Ain Al Amir T6 367598 498941 -91 Spring Oct 2007 Ein Ras Al shalal T7 367986 498961 -68 Spring Oct 2007 Ein Main b g mix T8 368775 499255 69 Spring Oct 2007 Ein Wadi Ahmara 1 T9 367988 502250 -92 Spring Oct 2007 Ein Mshra Aldaon 2 T10 372126 498317 239 Spring Oct 2007 Ein Shbieb T11 375271 499954 346 Spring Oct 2007 Ein Mshra Aldawon 1 T12 377035 502816 474 Spring Oct 2007 Ein Source of Zerka Ma’in T13 377288 503068 482 Spring Oct 2007 Ein Wadi Ahmara 2 T14 365298 503039 -256 Spring Oct 2007 Ein Wadi Ahmara 3 T15 367816 503940 -130 Spring Oct 2007 Ein Al Amira bmsa 1 T16 364248 497832 -247 Spring Oct 2007 Ein Al Amira bmsa 2 T17 364266 495747 -196 Spring Oct 2007 Ein Al Amira bmsa 3 T18 364266 495757 -196 Spring Oct 2007 Ein Almghara T19 367986 498961 -86 Spring Oct 2007 Madaba station Rainfall T20 385626 510657 615 Rainfall Oct 2007 Ma’in station Rainfall T21 367631 498906 -91 Rainfall Oct 2007 Bar M. Al Fayez T22 396108 508697 557 Well Oct 2005 Bar Hmaidi Al Fayez T23 399704 513797 555 Well Oct 2005 Bar Qastel 15 T24 400188 516534 422 Well Oct 2005 Bar A. Abu Jnaib T25 401434 518928 428 Well Oct 2005 Bar Harran Bakhit T26 399508 521924 623 Well Oct 2005 Bar H. Salfiti T27 393584 522131 690 Well Oct 2005 Bar Bsharat T28 395371 523967 711 Well Oct 2005 Bar M. Nablsi T29 391089 517232 652 Well Oct 2005 Bar Waleh 14 T30 384201 492097 458 Well Oct 2005 Ein S 1 T31 363523 497625 -303 Spring Oct 2007 Ein S 2 T32 368238 499018 -40 Spring Oct 2007 Ein S 3 T33 364242 497370 -253 Spring Oct 2007

Supplementary Tab. 1: The coordinates and the water elevations of the samples. The coordinates of the samples are in the Jordan Transverse Mercator (JTM). Sample EC TEMP. Eh HCO3 CO3 CO2 Ca Mg K Na Cl SO4 NO3 Unit Symbol (µS/cm) (ºC ) pH (mV) (mg/l) (mg/l) (mg/l) (mg/l) (mg/l) (mg/l) (mg/l) (mg/l) (mg/l) (mg/l)

r T1 1056 19.9 7.8 440 150 0 0 65 42 2 78 160 107 31 e

f T3 572 18.5 7.5 393 120 0 2 39 15 3 30 58 29 29 i

u T4 596 23.9 7.9 416 129 0 0 49 16 3 29 53 48 26 q T10 1040 18.4 7.4 413 300 0 18 92 42 5 76 153 75 # a

T11 1518 31.9 7.0 400 381 0 55 94 57 6 132 214 151 9 r

e T12 575 24.9 7.9 419 236 1 5 52 24 3 32 57 31 22 p T13 700 24.1 7.3 316 215 0 16 61 29 3 42 71 33 29 p

U T22 1272 33.0 7.0 # 427 # # 85 32 3 46 60 50 # T23 785 26.0 7.6 # 350 # # 71 25 5 41 45 51 14 T24 802 33.0 7.0 # 260 # # 72 24 3 44 70 35 21 T25 1072 34.0 7.3 # 261 # # 72 24 3 44 70 35 55 T26 810 35.0 7.0 # 284 # # 73 25 6 45 65 26 37 T27 700 36.0 7.4 # 300 # # 77 21 3 26 41 14 33 T28 928 37.0 7.3 97 320 # # 100 22 6 40 70 18 59 T29 677 25.0 7.4 # 238 # # 66 17 2 38 45 35 21 T30 1470 25.0 6.8 # 413 # # 116 51 5 97 146 145 15 T20 174 14.0 # # # # # 29 1 2 5 45 20 # r T5 1073 39.3 7.0 78 184 0 3 61 44 11 66 149 97 1 e f

i T8 3740 18.3 8.3 413 195 3 1 386 57 44 406 696 849 2 u T2 2790 47.5 8.1 246 190 3 2 140 27 45 406 696 190 2 q

a T32 3260 31.9 7.0 0 363 0 58 155 41 50 459 840 251 0

r T9 3290 24.0 7.6 471 430 2 13 218 36 47 453 755 194 7 e

w T7 3020 57.5 5.9 6 289 0 397 150 31 47 444 746 184 1 o T6 3090 45.1 6.6 225 279 0 79 154 33 48 450 757 191 # L

T14 3660 16.0 7.6 329 317 1 12 153 51 58 551 934 327 #

T15 4001 16.8 7.9 384 243 1 5 133 58 70 638 1043 329 #

T16 2100 50.1 6.2 217 187 0 149 117 21 32 275 483 131 1 T17 1655 54.0 6.0 264 199 0 229 93 17 25 204 372 115 # T18 3007 45.9 5.8 295 238 0 455 154 32 46 452 756 192 # T19 3028 39.0 6.5 400 252 0 86 155 33 46 457 767 196 # T31 1662 38.1 7.2 9 167 0 17 102 21 27 194 361 140 2 T33 1614 39.3 7.8 -63 164 1 3 97 20 25 191 351 142 2 T21 128 16.0 # # # # # 17 2 1 6 40 10 # Supplementary Tab. 2: The value of physiochemical measurement and chemical analysis of the major cation and anion of the samples (the symbol # means not measured). A) Major, trace and rare earth elements.

Measurement Method / Technique Limits of detection [mg / l]

Ca 2+ ICP-AES+ 0.03 Mg 2+ ICP-AES 0.04 K + ICP-AES 0.3 Na + ICP-AES 0.4 Cl - IC+ 0.07 SO4 2- IC 0.12 NO3 - IC 0.12 HCO3 - Titration Br - IC 0.18 Ba 2+ ICP-AES 0.01 Sr 2+ ICP-AES 0.01

Measurement Method / Technique Limits of detection [µg / l]

U ICP-MS 0.6 La ICP-MS 1 Ce ICP-MS 1 Pr ICP-MS 0.7 Gd ICP-MS 1 Tb ICP-MS 0.5 Dy ICP-MS 0.8 Ho ICP-MS 0.5 Lu ICP-MS 0.5

ICP-AES+: Inductively-Coupled-Atomic Emission spectrometry (uncertainty 5%). IC+: Ion chromatography (uncertainty 8.5%). ICP-MS +: Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (uncertainty 5%).

B) Physicochemical Parameters

Measurement Method / Technique Uncertainty Limits of detection EC (µS/cm) Tetragon probe +/-0.5% Range Dependent pH (pH value) pH-electrode +/-0.004 0.001 Eh (mV) Standard-hydogen electrode +/-1 1 for redox Temp. °C integrated pt1000 temperature +/- 0.1 0.5 detector

EC: Electrical conductivity. pH: potential of Hydrogen, a scale measures how acidic or basic a substance is and ranges from 0 to 14. Temp. °C: Temperature degree Celsius.

Supplementary Tab. 3: The method, limits of detection and uncertainty of A) the chemical analysis and B) physiochemical parameters.