\begin{table}%t1 \caption{Column densities and $^{16}$OH/$^{18}$OH ratios for the best fit carried out to the $^{16}$OH and $^{18}$OH ground state lines. Columns~1 and~2 show the Gaussian fit parameters from the \ion{H}{i} observations of \citet{garwood}.\label{tab_col}} %\centerline {\begin{tabular}{cccc} \hline \hline Velocity & {\it FWHM} & $N({\rm ^{16}OH})$ & $^{16}$OH/$^{18}$OH \\ (km~s$^{-1}$) & (km~s$^{-1}$)& ($10^{15}$~cm$^{-2}$) & \\ \hline $-108\pm2$ & $7\pm4$ & $0.56\pm0.39$ & $\rm 460^{+90}_{-50}$\\ $-82\pm4$ & $28\pm12$ & $9.0\pm3.9$ & $\rm 460^{+90}_{-50}$\\ $-44.0\pm0.6/(-52\pm6)^a$ & $8\pm2$ ($17\pm5$) & $3.5\pm1.8$ & $\rm 450^{+100}_{-60}$\\ $-24.4\pm0.8$ & $14\pm2$ & $5.4\pm1.8$ & $\rm 370^{+110}_{-50}$\\ $+1.1\pm0.4$ & $19\pm1$ & $7.6\pm3.4$ & $\rm 430^{+80}_{-40}$\\ $+15.7\pm0.3$ & $7\pm1$ & $3.6\pm2.3$ & $\rm 360^{+80}_{-50}$\\ $+31\pm4$ & $21\pm14$ & $5.4\pm3.8$ & $\rm 540^{+100}_{-50}$\\ $+66.7\pm0.5/(+52.8\pm0.9)^b$ & $16\pm1$ ($11\pm2$)& $\rm 32^{+6}_{-4}$ & $\rm 320^{+70}_{-30}$\\ \hline Total & & 67.0 & \\ \hline \end{tabular}} \par \smallskip $^a$ These two components are too close to separate in our model and the best fit line shape requires only the $-44.0$~km~s$^{-1}$ component.\\ $^b$ The \ion{H}{i} data resolve 2 components in \object{Sgr~B2}. However, our fit requires only one of these (at 66.7~km~s$^{-1}$) to reproduce the ISO spectrum. \end{table}