The Ground Water quality of in and around Trichy Town was studied. Trichy is the fourth largest city in Tamilnadu and 53rd largest city in India. Trichy is surrounded by 141.7m2 area with an approximate population of ten lakhs. It sits almost at geographic centre of the state. The study was carried out in the monsoon period. The samples were subjected to Physico-chemical analysis. A comparison of Ground Water quality in relation to drinking water quality standard proves that most of the samples exceeded the permissible limit for drinking.
