Mumbai’s water reserves have received a significant boost with the combined storage level of the city’s seven lakes reaching 88.40% of their total capacity. Continuous monsoon rainfall over the catchment areas has increased inflows, bringing the reservoirs closer to full capacity and reducing concerns over possible water shortages.
According to data released by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), the seven reservoirs supplying water to Mumbai collectively held 12,79,534 million litres on Monday, accounting for 88.40% of their total live storage capacity of 14.47 lakh million litres. The storage level increased by 2.22 percentage points compared to the previous day.
Three major lakes — Modak Sagar, Vihar and Tulsi — have already reached their full capacity and continue to overflow. Among the remaining reservoirs, Tansa is nearing the maximum level at 98.93%, while Middle Vaitarna has reached 91.21% capacity. Bhatsa currently holds 86.86% of its storage capacity, and Upper Vaitarna stands at 75.76%.
The reservoirs supplying Mumbai are spread across Mumbai, Thane, Palghar and Nashik districts and depend heavily on southwest monsoon rainfall for annual replenishment. Following heavy rainfall across Mumbai and neighbouring regions last week, water levels in the lakes have improved further.
Although rainfall intensity is expected to reduce in the coming days, officials said the final storage levels will continue to depend on rainfall received in the catchment regions. With lake levels nearing the 90% mark, the possibility of immediate water supply restrictions has reduced significantly, provided the monsoon continues to remain favourable.
Mumbai Lakes Water Storage Status
- Current storage: 88.40%
- Previous day: 86.18%
- Same date last year: 89.70%
- Same date in 2024: 71.95%
Weather Forecast for Mumbai and Surrounding Areas
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a yellow alert for Mumbai, predicting heavy rainfall at isolated locations on Monday. Moderate rainfall is expected to continue over the next few days.
“Generally cloudy sky with moderate rainfall in the city and suburbs. Possibility of heavy rainfall at isolated places with occasional gusty winds reaching 40-50 kmph. The maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to be around 30 degrees Celsius and 25 degrees Celsius,” the IMD predicted for Mumbai.
Similar weather conditions are expected in Thane, while Palghar may witness moderate rainfall with occasional thunderstorms until July 30. The IMD has also issued a yellow alert for Nashik on July 29, warning of “thunderstorms accompanied with lightning, light to moderate rainfall and gusty winds (40-50kmph) at isolated places.”
Meanwhile, the BMC has issued a high tide warning for Monday. A high tide of 3.87 metres is expected at 11:10 am, followed by a low tide of 2.12 metres at 5:17 pm. Another high tide measuring 3.31 metres is likely at 10:52 pm.
Source: NDTV Profit
