<p><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px">Bhopal, the capital city of M.P. is situated amidst the emerald lakes. This paper presents results of </span></span><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:Verdana"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">physico chemical</span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> and bacteriological examination of </span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">ground water</span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> layers in Bhanpur Bhopal. The study has clearly indicated that the concentration of most of the parameters is below the maximum permissible limits for TDS, alkalinity, Magnesium, chloride, </span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">sulphate</span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">, and fluoride. The bacteriological contamination at places near Bhanpur which is the dumping site of municipal solid waste was reported and at some </span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">places</span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> it even exceeded the permissible limits and not suitable for drinking purpose. The sample collection, preservation </span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">and</span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">pre treatment</span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">was</span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> according to </span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">standard</span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> method of collecting samples at international level i.e. BIS procedure. Prior to </span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">this</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px"> a thorough survey conducted to know about probable pollution source and other relevant features.</span></span></p>