Water Supply

An interview with Sitaram Shelar, co-founder of Pani Haq Samiti, on the long fight to get water connections in Siddharth Nagar slums.

Temporary floating barriers are placed to collect floating garbage on Mithi river. This method, environmentalists say is costly and ineffective.

Heavy flooding has now created new problems for the city in unfamiliar ways. Suddenly, many parts of Mumbai found their water supply disrupted. Climate change is a huge cause.

Mumbai-based volunteers from the Ismaili Civic, played a crucial role in the city by delivering water during the pandemic

BMC has repeatedly tried to move towards a 24X7 water supply to meet the city’s water needs. But, leakages are a major hurdle.

Historically, Mumbai has sourced water from a variety of different lakes. Here’s how it gets its water now.

Water is precious, but the way we deal with it doesn’t signify that.

Mumbai can tap into its groundwater, and employ better water management techniques. The city need not spend millions on desalination.

Here’s how an apartment complex managed its water consumption and supply. By harvesting rainwater.

Mumbai currently sources 3.8 billion litres of water per day from seven dams built over lakes in neighbouring districts. It is also familiar with seasonal water cuts. But why does a city with abundant monsoons and flooding every year have such unstable water supply?