Mumbai’s seven major lakes, after heavy spells of rain across the city and surrounding areas since the last few days, are now gradually starting to increase. Seven lakes that supply water to Mumbai now hold 8.93 per cent of their useful live storage capacity as of 6 am on Friday, July 3, according to the daily water stock report issued by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC). 

The combined useful live storage across all reservoirs has now been increased to 1,29,309 million litres (ML) against the total capacity of 14,47,363 ML. On the same date last year, the lakes had 46.91 per cent storage, while in 2024, levels were significantly lower at 8.24 per cent. Despite a year-on-year improvement, storage levels remain below normal as the monsoon has yet to set in.