<p>The <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/mumbai-weather-update-partly-cloudy-sky-with-light-rain-expected-in-city-23392719" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation</a> (BMC) stated on Saturday that water levels in Mumbai's seven reservoirs, which provide the city with drinking water, had reached 98.56 per cent.</p>
<p>According to BMC data, the collective water storage in Mumbai lakes is currently 14,26,487 million litres or 98.56 per cent of capacity.</p>
<p>Mumbai gets water from Tulsi, Tansa, Vihar, Bhatsa, Modak Sagar, Upper Vaitarna, and Middle Vaitarna.</p>
<p>According to city authorities' data on Mumbai lakes, Tansa's water level is 98.04 per cent. Modak-Sagar has 100 per cent of its water stock available.</p>
<p>Middle Vaitarna has 98.52 per cent, Upper Vaitarna has 98.51 per cent, Bhatsa has 98.37 per cent, while Vihar and Tulsi have completely usable water.</p>
<p>Following heavy rains, Middle Vaitarna Lake, which supplies water to Mumbai, began overflowing on July 4. Lakes Vihar and Modak Sagar began to flood on July 25 as a result of sustained heavy rains. Tansa Lake began to overflow around 4 pm on July 24, bringing the total quantity of water held in all seven reservoirs to 17 days in one day.</p>
<p>Approximately 400 million gallons of water are supplied to Mumbai by&nbsp;<a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/mumbai-rains-tansa-dam-overflows-after-reaching-its-full-capacity-three-gates-opened-to-release-excess-water-23367491" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Tansa Lake</a>, which is situated in the Shahpur region of Thane. On July 26, 2024, it overflowed.</p>
<p>One of the two lakes that directly feed water to the BMC,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/mumbai-tulsi-lake-overflows-after-a-day-of-heavy-rainfall-23365903" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Tulsi Lake</a>, started to overflow on July 20 at around 8:30 am, mimicking the event that occurred on the same day last year at 1:28 pm, according to the civic body.</p>
<h2>Mumbai weather update</h2>
<p>According to the most recent Mumbai weather update, the city and suburbs will see a partly overcast sky today, with the risk of light rain on occasion. Residents are urged to bring umbrellas as small periods of rain may occur throughout the day.</p>
<p>According to the most recent Mumbai weather forecast, the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) predicts a "partly cloudy sky with the possibility of occasional light spells of rain in the city and suburbs" for the next 24 hours.<br /><br />The maximum temperature in the city is expected to reach 32 degrees Celsius, while the minimum temperature will be recorded at 26 degrees.</p>
<p>A 3.59-meter high tide is expected to strike Mumbai at 09:18 am today, followed by another 3.10-meter high tide at 9:08 p, according to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC). The local council also stated that a low tide of around 2.19 metres is forecast at 3.31 pm today.<br /><br /></p><p>
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