City reels under water crisis

To understand the depth of Mumbai’s water crisis,here is the math: Mumbai’s regular demand for water is 4250 mld (million litres a day) and the available supply,before the current water cut imposed by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation,was 3450 mld. After the imposition of a punishing 15 per cent cut,existing water supply is 2900 mld. The Middle Vaitarna Water Supply project,when completed in March 2012,will supply an additional 455 mld,which means the growing demand-supply gap will not be closed in the coming years.

From making it mandatory for large constructions to adopt eco-friendly measures like rainwater harvesting from April 1,2010,to studying the possibility of providing recycled water for non-potable uses,the BMC is examining various measures to plug the holes.