Assessment of Groundwater Pollution Based on Bacteriological Study in Thrissur City, Kerala, India

This study is intended to assess the likely contamination of groundwater in the shallow aquifer, owing to the gratuitous invasion of microorganisms in Thrissur Corporation. One of the ailing effects of urbanization is water pollution due to the incursion of faecal coliforms into groundwater resources, predominantly cramped to open wells. The outcome denotes that the water is habitually contaminated and the degree of contagion is elevated in the vicinity of temporary shelters of migrant workers. Predictable rationale for this is the admixture of human excreta and animal waste with the groundwater. Thus, insistent steps are recommended to the Corporation officials to deal with this distress at once to guarantee provision for hygienic drinking water.