A study was conducted to assess the ground water quality in Uppal Industrial area of Hyderabad, India. The study consists of the determination of physico-chemical properties, trace metals, heavy metals, rare earth elements (REE) and microbiological quality of drinking water. The data showed the variation of the investigated
parameters in samples as follows: pH 6.83 to 7.75, EC 1095 to 7290µS/cm and TDS 734 to 4884 ppm. The physico-chemical properties such as EC and TDS in ground water samples of the study area exceed the permissible limits of WHO (2004). The water samples were analyzed for 27 elements (Li, Be, B, Na, Mg, Al, Si, K, Ca, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Ni, Co, Cu, Zn, As, Se, Rb, Sr, Mo, Ag, Cd, Sb, Ba and Pb) using Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS). The concentrations ranged between for B (0.25 to 0.70 mg/L), Na (105.65 to 845.53 mg/L), Mg (23.24 to 195.16 mg/L), Al (0.06 to 0.18 mg/L), K (5.15 to 66.22 mg/L), Ca (105.68 to 547.49 mg/L), Fe (0.38 to 1.15 mg/L), Cu (0.02 to 0.36 mg/L), Ni (0.05 to 0.42 mg/L), Cr (0.06 to 0.08 mg/L), Mn (0.02 to 2.17 mg/L) and Pb (0.01 to 0.14 mg/L). Overall, decreasing metal concentration order was: Na>Ca>Mg>K>Mn>Fe>Co>B>Ni>Cu>Al>Pb.