The seven lakes that provide drinking water to Mumbai have 14,18,426 million litres of water or 98 per cent of the total capacity of 14,47,363 lakh million litres, according to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Monday.
The water level in the lakes was 90.79 per cent this time last year.
The city draws water from Tulsi, Tansa, Vihar, Bhatsa, Modak Sagar, Upper Vaitarna and Middle Vaitarna.
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As per BMC data, the seven lakes have 14,18,426 million litres of water or 98 percent on September 5, against the full capacity.
Last year, during the same time, water stock was at 90.79 per cent with 13,14,113 million litres, while in 2020 the water stock was 14,06,987 million litres.
The water level in Tansa is at 99.10 per cent. At Modak Sagar, 99.99 per cent of water stock is available, Middle Vaitarna has 95.85 per cent, Upper Vaitarna has 98.30 per cent, Bhatsa 97.44 per cent, Vehar 100 per cent and Tulsi has 98.74 per cent of useful water level.

The water level in the lakes was 90.79 per cent this time last year

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