Powai Lake, one of Mumbai’s prominent artificial lakes managed by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), began overflowing early this morning following intense rainfall over the last couple of days.
According to civic officials, the lake started to overflow around 6 am on Tuesday after continuous downpours caused its catchment area to receive significant water inflow.
🔹Powai Lake, one of the main artificial lakes under the jurisdiction of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), began overflowing around 6 am today.
🔹With a storage capacity of 545 crore litres (5.45 billion litres), the lake’s water is non-potable and is primarily used… pic.twitter.com/wCWX20cZQ6
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With a storage capacity of 545 crore litres (5.45 billion litres), the Powai Lake is mainly used for industrial activities and non-potable purposes, particularly to meet the needs of the Aarey Milk Colony and surrounding establishments.
Officials reported that the lake’s water level has reached approximately 195.10 feet, which is its full supply level.
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) supplies 3950 million litres of drinking water to the city every day, from Upper Vaitarna, Modak Sagar, Tansa, Middle Vaitarna, Bhatsa, Vihar, and Tulsi lakes.
According to information from the BMC, the Lower (Modak Sagar), Middle and Upper Vaitarna lakes, along with the Tansa Lake supply water to the western suburbs, from Dahisar Check Naka to Bandra, and to the western part of the city from Mahim to Malabar Hill.
Bhatsa, Vihar and Tulsi lakes constitute the Bhatsa system. Its water is purified at the Panjarpur Water Treatment Plant and supplied to the eastern parts of the city and the eastern suburbs, ranging from Mulund Check Naka to Sion, and from Sion to Mazagaon.
