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ABSTRACT: The determination of heavy metal in sewage water, soil and plant growing along the discharge channel of Sharada industrial effluent. Pollution is the release of contaminant natural environment and should be evaluated for the safety level weather it is free from contamination of heavy metals. Most of the study that have conducted in soil, plant and water samples showed that heavy metals exit in soil, water and plant samples. This study focuses on sewage water, soil and plant along the discharged channel of Sharada industrial effluent because it is widely used and it became the basic need for farming and irrigation around the area. The evaluation of the safety level of sewage water, soil and plant is very important. Hence, this study is done to achieve a few objectives. That are to determine the concentration of heavy metals in sewage water, soil and plant samples weather they are safe or not according to the standard of water quality, soil and plant for heavy metals by WHO and EPA. So as to determine the concentration of each element in order to identify which is the most concentrated and vice versa. This study compares the level of heavy metals concentration according to the types of site sampling from industrial agricultural and housing areas. By using AAS, the result of this study showed that the levels of most heavy metals concentration exceed the limit for the level of the soil, plant and water quality. Therefore, some of the sample analyzed in this study is not safe for consumption because the lead, zinc, chromium and cadmium content were higher than the permitted level.