Mumbai’s water stock set to last for 39 days, BMC says no water cut amid good rainfall forecasts

Although the monsoon has begun in Maharashtra, the catchment areas of the seven lakes that supply water to Mumbai are expected to receive significant rainfall. According to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's (BMC) data, the combined water stock in all the seven lakes stands at 1,50,728 million litres, which is 10.41 per cent of the total 14,47,363 million litres of water that the seven lakes hold. The BMC supplies approximately 3,850 million litres of water daily (MLD). Therefore, the current water stock is expected to last for approximately 39 days, while the overall supply is estimated to last around 375 days. However, due to incidents of leakage and pipeline bursts, a significant amount of water is wasted each year.

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Meanwhile, civic officials said no water cut is in the pipeline. “There is no decision for imposing any water cut yet. We (BMC) are in constant contact with the weather bureau, which has predicted good rainfall in the catchment areas starting in mid-June. Therefore, we are confident that the catchment areas will replenish once the rain picks up. In addition to this, around 5.79 million litres of water was given to the BMC by the state government for reserve stock in case the rains delay any further,” an official told the Indian Express Monday.Being an island city, Mumbai draws its water from seven