Monsoon made its appearance quite late this year, due to which the officials had to cut 10% of the water supply in Mumbai. Now, even though the water level has reached 80%, the civic bodies have not reversed it.
They claim that evaporation loss is expected to arise as a result of the ongoing dry spell. The level of water in dams may perhaps drop once more as a result of the absence of rain.
Mumbai receives about 3,800 MLD of water per day from the BMC.
The combined water supply in the seven lakes was 11.62 lakh million liters on Sunday representing 80.23% of the needed quantity.
The delayed arrival of rains forced the authorities to reduce June's water supply by 10%.
The water reserves were approximately 13.02 lakh million liters, or 90%, on the same day last year. Yet the water scenario in June of this year was a little concerning because the overall reserves had fallen below 10%. This year's water stocks were 6.97% on June 27. As a result, the BMC declared to reduce water supply by 10% starting on July 1.
Mumbai has had water shortages before, and in the past, water shortages have been revealed as a result of either delayed rain or rain that started strong but wasn't able to fill the lakes.
When lakes had only filled up to 10.95 lakh million liters, or 75.67%, by the final days of the monsoon, and civic officials believed that the supplies would not be enough to supply the entire city for the remaining months of the year, the BMC announced a 10% decrease in water supply from November 2018 to July 2019.
Municipal representatives from the hydraulic department stated they were keeping an eye on the situation and will evaluate the water cut issue the following week.
"The BMC will monitor the developments in the catchment area lakes for another week and then decide," said a civic official.
The IMD has stated that Mumbai's dry period is likely to persist this week. According to IMD's five-day forecast for August 6–10, the city may get mild to moderate rainfall.
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