International Journal Of Scientific Research And Education ||Volume||3||Issue||4||Pages-3265-3271||April-2015|| ISSN (e): 2321-7545 Website: http://ijsae.in Mohit Tyagi et al IJSRE Volume 3 Volume 4 April 2015 Page 3265 Assessment of Ground Water Quality of Gajraula Industrial Area Of Uttar Pradesh, India Authors Mohit Tyagi 1 , Swapnil Rai 2 ,Ashwani Kumar 3 , Ashwani Yadav 4 , Hariom Tyagi 5 1 Department of Zoology and Environmental Science, Shri Venkateshwara University, Gajraula, UP 2 Department of Environmental Science, Amity University, Gwalior (MP), India 3 Department of Botany, Ch Charan Singh P.G. College, Heonra (Saifai), Etawah- 206130 (UP) India 4 U.P. Council of Agricultural Research (UPCAR), Lucknow 5 Environment and Social Research Organization, New Delhi Corresponding Author Mohit Tyagi Email: mohittyagi981@gmail.com ABSTRACT Groundwater is a natural resource for drinking water and it should be assessed regularly and people should be aware about the drinking water quality. The present study was undertaken to identify the ground water contamination problem in villages located in the close vicinity of Gajraula Industrial area of Uttar Pradesh, India. Ground water samples were collected from the hand pumps and wells for the study and analysed by standard methods. The concentrations of various parameters are found near prescribed limits of WHO and BIS guidelines for drinking water. Therefore it can be concluded that water should be purified before consumption. Key words: Contamination, Ground water, WHO, BIS INTRODUCTION Water plays an essential role in human life and WHO reports that approximately 36% of and 65% of rural Indian were without access to safe drinking water. In the last three decades, the rapid growth of industrialization and urbanization has created negative impacts on the environment due to industrial, municipal and agriculture wastes containing pesticides, insecticides, fertilizers residues and heavy metals. In modern industrialization period, the most of water resources have affected enormously by seepage, leaching and mixing of industrial effluents in most of the metropolitan cities and industrial townships. Gajraula, being a prominent industrial area of western Utter Pradesh, owes its significance to diverse group of industries, which includes large distillery and its associated chemical units, paper, phosphate fertilizer plant, textiles, pharmaceuticals, dairy and other units. The industrial effluents contain toxic chemicals,