Consumption of vegetables that are cultivated on the polluted soil and irrigated with thernpolluted river water is the concern of many residents here in Addis. Low-income group ofrnthe community are using the polluted river water for keeping their livelihood by growingrnvegetables and then marketing. The suitability of the Little Akaki River Water forrnirrigation has been assessed by this thesis work. Water quality tests of the samplesrntaken from the diverted river water for irrigation, the soil and plant tissue testes for theirrnheavy metal contents have been tested. The farming sites selected for the study werernGofa and kaliti areas. The vegetables for which the tests conducted were Carrot, Swissrnchard Red beet and Lettuce.rnThe study revealed that the bacteriological and helminths pollution of The Little AkakirnRiver is grossly very high. The chemical and physical pollution level of the river is in anrnalarming stage; as a result, the river water is not fit for any classified use. In addition, thernsalinity effects of the irrigation waters on the soil are slight to moderate but have norninfiltration effect. With regard to the toxicity to sensitive crops taking the sodiumrnconcentration as an indicator, the water is not suitable in the degree range of restrictionrnfrom slightly to moderate for sprinkler irrigation, but have no problem for surfacernirrigation. The irrigation waters are also unfit to irrigate susceptible crops with the degreernof restriction on use as sever.rnThe heavy metals content in the irrigation water reveals that manganese has exceededrnthe limit; Cobalt shall be further investigated since the result found is < 0.1 mg/l and thernlimit set is 0.05mg/l. All the other selected and tested elements are below the maximumrnlimit. The soil test results reveal that all the selected elements are below the maximumrnlimit set except Nickel. Only zinc and chromium exceeded the maximum limits (table 16)rnthat should be adsorbed and present in the consumable plant tissues