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An Assesment of Ground Water Contamination Due to Heavy Metals and Fly Ash around Yerraguntla Town, Kadapa District, Andhra Pradesh, India

Amatasani Kalpana, Ravi Kumar Puppala , Kalluru Sesha Maheswaramma*

The contemporary research study focused on the groundwater contamination due to cement industries, limestone mining and thermal power plant around Yerraguntla town, Kadapa district, Andhra Pradesh, India. An enormous ashes generated during coals Combustion in thermal plants and during manufacturing of cement are stored in ponds is major sources of environmental pollution caused potential water pollution of ground water, another reason for water pollution due to processing of limestone cutting and polishing involves consumption of huge water and an inevitable destruction to the environments, causes of biodiversity and water pollution. Chemical analysis caried out for the ground water samples collected from the affected areas at around subjected areas, shows that the water samples are enriched in the TDS, hardiness due to calcium, Magnesium, sodium, chlorides, fluorides, nitrates, and sulphates etc., heavy metal like Mercury, Lead, Chromium, Cadmium and Arsenic. Also samples were collected from different wells in vicinity of quarry and studied for various parameters like pH, temperature, turbidity, alkalinity, total hardness, and chlorides.