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Abstract-
The present study assessed the quality of the Yamuna river water for domestic and irrigational purposes in the Agra region in terms of spatial variations in the heavy metal concentrations. The monitoring was done for the period May-October 2014 representing pre-monsoon and post-monsoon sessions and six heavy metals were considered. The mean chromium, lead, nickel, iron, copper and cadmium content at the four sampling sites were in the range of 0.707-1.63, 0.27-0.375, 0.257-0.515, 0.175-0.205, 0.1-0.152 and 0.025-0.043 mg/l respectively. The heavy metals abundance in the river water basically exhibit the following decreasing order: Cr>Ni>Pb>Fe>Cu>Cd and the total heavy metals content found at different sampling locations was in the following increasing order: S4<S3<S2<S1. Principal component analysis was used to examine the spatial changes of heavy metals content in the Yamuna River.