Water Supply

The Central government announced new guidelines for bulk water suppliers in 2020, causing concern for Mumbai which depends on groundwater extensively.

The BMC’s new water policy promises legal water supply for all, including slum dwellers, the homeless and buildings without OCs. But some gaps remain.

A video feature on the decade-long struggle of Abrar Salmani of Bhim Nagar, an informal settlement in Mumbai, to access his right to water.

The urban poor in Mumbai end up paying up to 35 times more for water than their wealthier fellow citizens. We look at who pays how much and why.

Mumbai loses 1550 million litres of water every single day. Where does this water go, who is responsible and how can it be stopped?

A tweet chat held by Citizen Matters on Mumbai’s water supply; how we source it, treat it and allocate it, with Sitaram Shelar and Purva Dewoolkar.

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.