In a welcoming news for Mumbaikars, a 42 per cent increase was recorded in water stock at the seven lakes that provide drinking water to the city as heavy rains lashed in Mumbai and neighbouring cities for four consecutive days.
With this, the water supply worth 21 days was added to the seven lakes supplying water to the city.
According to reports, water stock in all seven reservoirs increased by 82,819 million litres in four days.
This year, due to the subdued rain in June, the water stock in the catchment areas of the lakes was very poor.
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. The water level in the lakes was 18.44 per cent this time last year.
Meanwhile, in the last ten days, the lake levels have risen by 7 per cent following incessant downpour.
As of July 7, water stocks in the seven lakes stood at 2.76 lakh million litres while last year on the same date the water quantum was 2.66 lakh million litres.
In 24 hours, ending at 6 am on Thursday, July 7, Bhatsa lake received 127 mm of rain, categorised as ‘very heavy’. Meanwhile, 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.
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 (SGNP).
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