Groundwater contamination is responsible for water related and water borne diseases in rural communities and some parts of the cities of Nigeria. This work was carried out to determine the water quality and some selected heavy metals of well water and borehole water samples from jiwa village, Abuja. Quantitative method was used to determine the metals in the sample by using Atomic absorption spectroscopy (AAS). From the analysis that were conducted, the results obtained revealed that the values of conductivity, total hardness, total alkalinity, total dissolved solids, dissolved oxygen in the well and borehole (BH) water samples were low when compared with WHO standards for potable water. The results of the heavy metals analyzed in all the water samples showed that Iron, Cadmium, Lead and Chromium in all water samples were found to be far above the WHO limit of drinking quality water. However, the concentrations of Cd and Pb exceeded the WHO limit in all borehole samples, the concentration of Fe in BH1 and BH5 were below the limit set by WHO while the concentration in BH2, BH3 and BH4 were above the WHO limit. The concentrations of chromium in all the borehole samples were found to be below WHO limit except BH1.
