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Lake levels in seven reservoirs supplying water to Mumbai surge to 72.61 per cent

Updated on: 09 July,2025 12:33 PM IST  |  Mumbai
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This marks a significant milestone in the city’s water storage progress during the monsoon season and helps manage the excess inflow while ensuring downstream safety

Lake levels in seven reservoirs supplying water to Mumbai surge to 72.61 per cent

Authorities have opened one gate of the lake by 1 foot, releasing water at a controlled rate of 1,022 cusecs per second

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As per the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) data, the total water stock in the seven lakes supplying water to Mumbai reached 1,050,912 million litres on Tuesday. This is 72.61 per cent of the total required stock for the season.

According to the BMC, the Modak Sagar, one of the seven key reservoirs supplying water to Mumbai, began overflowing after reaching its full storage capacity of 12,892.5 million litres. 


In response, authorities opened one gate of the lake by 1 foot, releasing water at a controlled rate of 1,022 cusecs per second. 



This marks a significant milestone in the city’s water storage progress during the monsoon season and helps manage the excess inflow while ensuring downstream safety.

The lake levels supplying Mumbai's water have seen a steady rise due to continued rainfall. Modak Sagar started overflowing at 6:27 AM, with its useful content now reaching 99.99 per cent of live storage. 

The Upper Vaitarna lake level rose by 0.12 meters, contributing 166,150 million litres of useful content, while Middle Vaitarna saw a slight dip of 0.10 meters but still holds over 180,000 million litres. 

Tansa and Bhatsa added 112,576 ML and 445,801 ML, respectively. Tulsi and Vehar lakes also reported healthy levels of 93.05 per cent and 47.97 per cent useful content.

According to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), Mumbai and its suburbs can expect a generally cloudy sky accompanied by intermittent moderate to heavy rainfall throughout the day on Wednesday. 

The maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to hover around 30 degrees Celsius and 26 degrees Celsius, respectively. 

Tide timings for the day include a high tide at 11:24 AM (4.04 meters), followed by a low tide at 5:34 PM (2.16 meters), and another high tide at 11:09 PM (3.43 meters). 

The next low tide is expected at 5:05 AM on 10 July, measuring 0.78 meters. The forecast for the next 48 hours remains consistent, with cloudy skies and moderate to heavy showers expected to continue across the city and suburbs.

As per the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) observations, in Mumbai (Colaba), the maximum and minimum temperatures were 30.1 degrees Celsius and 25.3 degrees Celsius, respectively, both nearly normal on Wednesday. Rainfall was 3.0 mm in the past day, bringing the seasonal total to 688.8 mm, which is 111.3 mm below normal. 

At Mumbai (Santacruz), the temperature reached a high of 30.5 degrees Celsius and a low of 27.2 degrees Celsius, with 1.2 mm rainfall in the last 24 hours. Seasonal rainfall here stands at 662.9 mm, falling short by 158.5 mm. Relative humidity levels were around 91–92 per cent in Colaba, and 83 per cent in Santacruz, indicating continued humid conditions across the region

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