No water cut in Mumbai till next monsoon as lakes 98% full

MUMBAI: The seven lakes that supply water to the city are 98% full. This will ensure the city gets uninterrupted water supply till the arrival of the next monsoon.

It is still raining in the catchment areas of major lakes and dams. The authorities are not allowing some of the lakes to overflow for safety reasons, by releasing the water in a controlled manner downstream.
The seven lakes collectively should have 14.5 lakh million litres (LML) water at the end of the rainy season to fulfil the city's needs till the next monsoon. On September 15, water stock in these lakes totalled 14.2 LML or 98% of the required stock. On the same date in the past two years, it was less than that.
BMC draws 3,850 million litres (ML) water each day from these lakes for the city's daily needs. Of the total water supply to the city, 50% or 7.17 LML water comes from Bhatsa dam and its level touched nearly 99% of the total capacity on Tuesday.
The state government's irrigation department manages the dam situated in Thane district. Officials said they deliberately did not allow the dam to overflow in the past few days.
Yogesh Patil, executive engineer of Bhatsa dam division, said, "Since the dam is still getting water from two rivers and it is raining after regular intervals in catchment areas, we are releasing water downstream (river) for safety reasons."
The remaining 50% water comes from six other lakes, of which only 3% is contributed by the two lakes, Tulsi and Vihar, situated in the city limits.