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The formation of high salt deposit upon heating the water taken from the ground to analyse the Physico-Chemical parameters and to assess the reliability of drinking water quality within the vicinity of Chibombo region in Ten Miles, Zambia at model site. The parameters include water temperature, rain fall, weather conditions, humidity, colour, odour, turbidity, total suspended solids, total dissolved solids, pH, electrical conductivity, dissolved oxygen (DO), chemical oxygen demand (COD), total alkalinity, hardness, biological oxygen demand (BOD) and minerals studies have been analysed throughout the year 2014 .The results showed that some of the parameters like turbidity, odour and colour are at acceptable limit. The total hardness and the total dissolved solids are not within the permissible limit due to seasonal variation and increased environmental pollutants. It was found that the hardness was high due to the calcium and magnesium mineral contents such as Iron is high with little traces of Copper due to availability of copper deposit at many provinces and leaching from salty rocks beds. It is observed that the water is not suitable for drinking and special attention must be drawn to execute water softener technology such as RO or any other sophisticated ion exchange system is needed for domestic purpose. This research paper discusses and reports the prevailing conditions of water around Ten Miles region, Chibombo district, Zambia.