Mumbai Lake Levels Update: City's Water Stock Rises To 94.15%, Reservoirs Gain 0.35% In A Day
Mumbai: Mumbai’s water stock has climbed further, with the seven lakes supplying the city reaching 94.15 per cent of their total live storage capacity as of 6 am on Wednesday, August 19. The stock stood at 93.80 per cent a day earlier, marking an increase of 0.35 percentage points in 24 hours. According to the Hydraulic Engineer’s Department’s daily lake-level report, the seven reservoirs…
Mumbai's water stock has increased to a record high of 94.15% as of Wednesday morning, August 19. This represents a 0.35 percentage point rise from the previous day's 93.80%. The city's seven major lakes, which supply water to Mumbai, currently hold 13,62,624 million litres of useful live storage capacity. This is against the total live storage capacity of 14,47,363 million litres.
The reservoirs are comfortably stocked following a strong monsoon season. Among the major reservoirs, Upper Vaitarna has 1,96,840 ML (86.70% of capacity), Modak Sagar and Tulsi are at 100% capacity, Vehar is full at 100%, Tansa is at 99.06%, Middle Vaitarna at 94.79%, and Bhatsa at 93.99%. The lakes recorded varying levels of rainfall over the past 24 hours, with Upper Vaitarna receiving 39 mm, Modak Sagar and Tansa 4 mm each, Middle Vaitarna 5 mm, Bhatsa 6 mm, Vehar 10 mm, and Tulsi 8 mm.
Several reservoirs, including Vehar, Tulsi, and Tansa, have already started overflowing this monsoon. Mumbai is in a stronger water-supply position compared with the beginning of the monsoon.
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