The disposal of industrial effluents on land and the subsequent pollution of ground water is a relatively significant area of research. Industries located in Guntur city of Andhra Pradesh dispose their effluents on land, thereby polluting the adjacent bore-wells. This study attempts to capture the environmental impact of industrial effluents in different industrial locations of Guntur through water quality studies. A seasonal comparision of all the selected stations was also done after which the resulting data was subjected to a detailed statistical analysis by using univariate analysis of variance (ANOVA). Significantly, this study found that the continuous disposal of industrial effluents on land, which has limited capacity to assimilate the pollution load, has led to groundwater pollution. Among the major effects include deterioration in the groundwater quality in shallow wells surrounding the industrial locations and serious consequences and hazardous impact of such polluted groundwater on sectors like domestic and agricultural.
