Overview
- Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde told the Maharashtra Assembly that Mumbai is receiving a partially inadequate water supply.
- City supply stands at about 3,800 MLD against an assessed requirement of 4,665 MLD, reflecting a widening gap driven by population growth and large projects.
- The municipal administration sets annual supply levels after the monsoon based on dam availability and projected demand.
- Pressure drops persist in elevated neighbourhoods and at tail-end stretches of the distribution network, contributing to localized shortfalls.
- The BMC’s Gargai augmentation has its primary engineering in final stages with tendering underway, while Pinjal and Daman Ganga–Pinjal steps are progressing and a 200 MLD Colaba desalination plant is being implemented alongside a 12 MLD tertiary treatment project.