Dry days effect: Water stock for city can last only 56 days

BMC to take stock of the situation soon, hopes for good rain through the week

MUMBAI : The seven lakes that provide water to Mumbai are 14.87% full, which means they have water only for 56 days. However, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) does not plan to announce water cuts as yet. Mumbai gets water from Vihar, Tulsi, Bhatsa, Middle Vaitarna, Upper Vaitarna, Tansa and Modak Sagar.

The city requires 4,200 million litres of water daily (MLD), of which the BMC supplies 3,800 MLD. The water stock on Monday was 2,15,157 million litres, compared to 2,70,828 million litres on June 18 last year. The city needs 14.47 lakh million litres of water at the end of the monsoon every year, to ensure there are no water cuts. “There is no plan to impose water cuts. We will take stock of the situation in the next couple of days. The rainfall prediction for the next two-three days is positive. We hope it will improve the water stock. On an average, all seven lakes received 40mm of rain on Sunday,” said a civic official from the hydraulic department, on condition of anonymity.

Last year, the monsoon exceeded the expectations, with the city receiving 2,943mm of rain, 119% of its annual average. The water level at the lakes in June 2016 was 1,05,531 million litres owing to which the city had to suffer 20% water cuts.

Level (in meters)

The water level is zero because it is just the start of the monsoon Upper Vaitarna

2017 Middle Vaitarna

2018 Useful content (in mn litres) Total (useful content) on June, 18 2018 Modak Sagar

Tulsi Total (useful content) on June, 18 2017 Tansa (in pic) Lake Bhatsa Lake Vihar

STOCK WAS 2,15,157MN LITRES ON MONDAY AS AGAINST 2,70,828MN LITRES LAST YEAR