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Mumbai’s Lakes Near Capacity at 99.46% as BMC Rules Out Water Cuts Until Next Monsoon

City planners are accelerating dams, desalination, reuse projects to narrow a persistent supply gap.

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Overview

  • Combined storage in the seven reservoirs reached 1,439,588 million litres (99.46%) on September 28, with Vihar and Tulsi at 100% and the others near full.
  • The BMC said the stock is adequate for the year and no water cuts are expected until the next monsoon.
  • Mumbai currently supplies about 4,000 MLD against demand of 4,463 MLD, and the annual storage benchmark of 14.47 lakh ML by October 1 has been effectively met.
  • Long-term additions being advanced include Gargai (440 MLD), Pinjal (865 MLD) and the Damanganga–Pinjal link (1,568 MLD), along with a 200 MLD desalination plant and about 1,232 MLD of tertiary-treated reuse.
  • Operational hurdles persist with leakage and theft complaints, uneven daily supply windows and roughly 3,600 staff vacancies, even as the ‘Water to All’ policy has delivered 14,968 new connections since 2022.