Shallow wells remain a major source of water in cities. This study, examined the distance ofwells to leach pit and it also compared the level of compliance of these distances to the best practices.Water samples were collected and subjected to laboratory analysis to ascertain the quantum ofcontamination. A total of 50 water samples were collected in two tranches of 25 samples. Each of thewell water was randomly sampled within 5 geographical locations in the 11 wards of the study area.Two-way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA), regression analysis and factor analysis were deployed in thisstudy. Results indicated that bacteriological parameters of total coliform and bacteria counts exceededthe maximum level of drinking water quality and were generally affected by distances to leach pit asthey increase towards the control sites. There was no fecal coliform growth except in well 1 in Okakaward. This implies that while the fecal coliform level was generally satisfactory, both the total coliformand bacteria counts were unsatisfactory. In addition, there was no correlation (r>0) between the depthof the water source and quality of water. In Akanbi ward, the total viable and coliform counts the valuesincreased or decreased irrespective of distance. Nitrate ion was of high concentration throughout thesamples. The study showed that there is strong correlation between bacteriological properties of waterand distances which decreases in concentration with distance. Other physiochemical propertiesindicated no correlations with distance to leach pits. The study recommended the adoption of ascientific distance between shallow wells and soak-away pits in the study area.