Mumbai’s water level stock in seven lakes touches 99% on Oct 2

Furthermore, senior civic officials said to The Indian Express, “Water cut in Mumbai is unlikely till next monsoon as the lake levels have reached their maximum capacity. Last year, we also had above 95% stock during the last week of September, as a result, no significant water cut was imposed till this year.”

Even as the monsoon commenced as per schedule in the previous year, the civic data shows that earlier on October 2, 2022, the water stock in the seven lakes stood at 98.32 percent, while in 2021 the stock was 99.03 percent.

The city experienced minimal showers over the weekend owing to which the lake levels have experienced a minor dip. In the past 24 hours, the IMD’s Santacruz weather station recorded 3 mm rain while the Colaba observatory also registered 3 mm downpour.

Meanwhile, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation BMC’s Automatic Weather System showed that the maximum showers were recorded in the island city followed by the eastern suburbs and western suburbs.

While the city reeled under a yellow alert, in the neighbouring districts of Raigad and Ratnagiri, the weather bureau had issued an orange alert until Monday afternoon at least.

The country’s financial capital is dependent on monsoon showers for its annual water supply with Mumbai drawing its daily water supply from seven lakes situated in the city’s suburbs and its neighbouring districts namely — Tansa, Bhatsa, Modak Sagar, Tulsi, Vehar, Upper Vaitarna and Middle Vaitarna. The catchment areas of these lakes get filled during monsoon, following which water is supplied to the city via a network of pipelines throughout the year.