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Mumbai Status
Mumbai Status
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IN M ILLIONS
3
4
2002
2
1951
0
1 2
DEMAND, SUPPLY AND GAP
4000
3400
3500
2900
IN M ILLION LITRES PER DAY
3000
2500
2000
1500
1000 500
500
0
1 2 3
1365
1044
WHO GETS HOW MUCH…
• BMC has extensive network…
BUT
Distribution is not uniform.
Suburban consumers have to supplement with
tankers—spending at least Rs 450 per day
Also quality of tanker water is a major
concern.
The amount that goes ‘unaccounted for’…
About 20 to 25 per cent is lost in leakage and
pilferage.
GROUNDWATER QUALITY…
SEA WATER INTRUSION – Colaba, Dharvi, Khar,
Anderi, Chembur, Malad etc.
6000
5000
4000 3355
DAY
3000 2045
2000
1000
0
1 2 3
MIDDLE VAITARNA STILL
SOURCE : BMC
WAITING FOR CLEARENCE
And WASTAGE…
FLUSHED down the drain
• Only 20 per cent of the water is used
for drinking, cooking;
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OF SOCIAL
SCIENCE
Basic concerns of a
Mumbaikar…
• Reclaimed land and threat of salinity. Quality of
water—of both municipal supply and tankers
• Unequal distribution
• Wasteful consumption pattern—leading to
overwithdrawal from sources—heading for urban-
rural conflict?