• Mane B.U.
• Gaikwad V.B.

Thermal power plant generates a huge amount of fly ash on combustion of coal which is becoming a major environmental issue. The total eradication of the huge amounts of solid waste from coal-fired thermal power plants is becoming a critical problem to the environmentalists. Thermal power plants are greatly facing a fly ash management problem. Open dumping of fly ash can deteriorate the groundwater quality by runoff. In the present investigation, the ground water samples were collected from nearby areas of Parli-Vaijnath thermal Power Plant at three locations during the period of June 2017 to May 2018. The fly ash samples were taken to the laboratory and analyzed for physico-chemical properties and heavy metal content. The physico-chemical analysis was done for the parameters like pH, Turbidity, Temperature, Electrical Conductivity, Alkalinity, Total Dissolved Solids, Total Hardness, Calcium Hardness and Magnesium Hardness. The physico –chemical parameters was exceeding the standard at all locations and shows that the groundwater of the area is not fit for drinking. The ground water samples were also analyzed for the presence of lead and cadmium and it was found that lead was exceeding the limit although cadmium was found within the limit. Thus the aim of this study was to know about the different physiochemical parameters of this water

Fly ash, Heavy metal, Physico- chemical parameters, Thermal power plant.

"The effects of thermal fly ash discharge in nearby drinking water resources, Parli-Vaijnath Thermal Power Plant, Parli-Vaijnath, Dist. Beed. (MS).", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no.76-79, May - 2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRCP06013.pdf

"The effects of thermal fly ash discharge in nearby drinking water resources, Parli-Vaijnath Thermal Power Plant, Parli-Vaijnath, Dist. Beed. (MS).", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no. pp76-79, May - 2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRCP06013.pdf