06 June,2025 04:14 PM IST | Mumbai | A Correspondent
The lakes are located on the outskirts of Mumbai and in the adjoining Thane district. Representational Pic/File
The catchment areas of the seven lakes that supply drinking water to Mumbai received a mere 18 mm of rainfall over the past 24 hours. This rainfall brought the water levels in these seven lakes to 11.39 per cent, or 1,64,832 million litres, recorded on the morning of Friday, 6th June 2025.
Twenty-four hours ago, on Thursday morning, the lake levels were at 11.77 per cent, or 1,70,374 million litres, after the city had been supplied with 3,950 million litres of water through the day. About 34 per cent of water is lost during transit, and an additional unaccounted amount is also lost due to evaporation from the surface of these seven lakes, officials clarified to mid-day.
On the same day a year ago, on 6th June 2024, the seven lakes recorded water content at 6.54 per cent, or 94,656 million litres. On 6th June 2023, the lakes recorded water content at 11.42 per cent, or 1,65,236 million litres.
Since the onset of the south-west monsoon on 25th May 2025, the catchment areas of these seven lakes have received a total of 241 mm of rainfall.
Mumbai lake levels as of June 6, 2025
| Lake | Minimum water level required to fetch water (in metres) | Maximum water level or capacity of lakes (in metres) | Current level (in metres) | Useful water content (in million litres) | Rainfall recorded in last 24 hours (in mm) |
| Modak Sagar | 143.26 | 163.15 | 150.6 | 37990 | 0 |
| Tansa | 118. 87 | 128.63 | 120.35 | 16569 | 4 |
| Vehar | 73.92 | 80.12 | 76.24 | 8969 | 5 |
| Tulsi | 131.07 | 139.17 | 134.2 | 2443 | 8 |
| Upper Vaitarna | 595.44 | 603.51 | 595.77 | 8220 | 0 |
| Bhatsa | 104.9 | 142.07 | 109.8 | 64258 | 0 |
| Middle Vaitarna | 220 | 285 | 243.78 | 26383 | 1 |
City likely to witness light to moderate rains, partly cloudy skies on Friday
Mumbai on Friday woke up to a generally cloudy sky and the weather department has predicted that there was possibility of light to moderate rains at isolated locations.
The weather bulletin said that thunderstorms accompanied by lightning may also occur in some parts of the city and its suburbs.
According the Regional Meteorological Department's local forecast for Mumbai city and suburbs for the next 24 hours, "There is a possibility of moderate rain and thunderstorms with cloudy skies at isolated places in the city and suburbs. The maximum and minimum temperatures will be around 34 degrees Celsius and 25 degrees Celsius respectively."
Between 8:00 AM on June 5 and 8:00 AM on June 6, the island city recorded 0.01 mm of rainfall. The eastern suburbs received 3.26 mm, while the western suburbs registered 1.07 mm, indicating moderate precipitation across the city.
