Mumbai: Water stock in reservoirs goes up by 42% in four days

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AS HEAVY rain lashed Mumbai and Thane districts, a 42 per cent increase was recorded in water stock at the seven lakes that provide drinking water to the city. In four days, water stock in all seven reservoirs increased by 82,819 million litres.
With incessant and heavy rain along the West coast, including Mumbai and Thane for the last four days, water supply worth 21 days was added to the seven lakes supplying water to the city.
According to BMC data, as of July 7, all seven lakes have 2,76,129 million litres of water or 19.08 per cent of the total capacity of 14,47,363 lakh million litres.
Mumbai draws water from Bhatsa, Middle Vaitarna, Upper Vaitarna, Tansa and Modak Sagar, which are in Thane and Nashik districts. Tulsi and Vihar are two lakes located within city limits in Sanjay Gandhi National Park.
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This year, due to the subdued rain in June, the water stock in the catchment areas of the lakes was very poor.
Bhatsa lake is the major supplier of water to the city and is at 20.70 per cent (1,48,462 million litres) of its capacity. Bhatsa also supplies water to neighbouring cities of Thane and Bhiwandi. In 24 hours, ending at 6 am on Thursday, Bhatsa lake received 127 mm of rain, categorised as ‘very heavy’.
All seven lakes received rain between 27 mm and 235 mm in 24 hours. Mumbai gets about 3,900 million litres of water daily from these seven lakes. On July 5, Powai Lake, which supplies water to industries, overflowed. For the first time this season, the total water stocks were better when compared to the previous two years.
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