<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Faecal coliform counts that are indicative of water pollution were isolated and enumerated from water samples and tissues of freshwater mussels Parreysia corrugata collected from two locations in the state of Maharashtra. Results indicated that Nanded site was heavily polluted whereas Thane site was significantly pollution free.</span></span></p>