The catchment areas of the seven lakes that supply drinking water to Mumbai received a mere 18 mm of rainfall over the past 24 hours. This rainfall brought the water levels in these seven lakes to 11.39 per cent, or 1,64,832 million litres, recorded on the morning of Friday, 6th June 2025.
Twenty-four hours ago, on Thursday morning, the lake levels were at 11.77 per cent, or 1,70,374 million litres, after the city had been supplied with 3,950 million litres of water through the day. About 34 per cent of water is lost during transit, and an additional unaccounted amount is also lost due to evaporation from the surface of these seven lakes, officials clarified to mid-day.
On the same day a year ago, on 6th June 2024, the seven lakes recorded water content at 6.54 per cent, or 94,656 million litres. On 6th June 2023, the lakes recorded water content at 11.42 per cent, or 1,65,236 million litres.
Since the onset of the south-west monsoon on 25th May 2025, the catchment areas of these seven lakes have received a total of 241 mm of rainfall.
Mumbai lake levels as of June 6, 2025
| Lake | Minimum water level required to fetch water (in metres) | Maximum water level or capacity of lakes (in metres) | Current level (in metres) | Useful water content (in million litres) | Rainfall recorded in last 24 hours (in mm) |
| Modak Sagar | 143.26 | 163.15 | 150.6 | 37990 | 0 |
| Tansa | 118. 87 | 128.63 | 120.35 | 16569 | 4 |
| Vehar | 73.92 | 80.12 | 76.24 | 8969 | 5 |
| Tulsi | 131.07 | 139.17 | 134.2 | 2443 | 8 |
| Upper Vaitarna | 595.44 | 603.51 | 595.77 | 8220 | 0 |
| Bhatsa | 104.9 | 142.07 | 109.8 | 64258 | 0 |
| Middle Vaitarna | 220 | 285 | 243.78 | 26383 | 1 |
