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Mumbai controls several dams in Shahapur Taluka (Thane district) that deliver water to the City and Suburban areas. The Western Ghats trap most of the moisture laiden monsoon clouds which feed these dammed rivers. Currently, these dams/ lakes deliver approximately 3.4 billion litres of water to Mumbai City and Suburban areas daily.
A series of floods took place across the Indian State of Maharashtra in 2021. As of 28 July 2021, around 251 people have died and over 100 are still missing due to floods and landslides. 13 districts have been affected in western Maharashtra. [2] Damage was calculated to be Rs4,000 crore (US$539 million). [1]
Modak Sagar is a lake located in Thane district on the Vaitarna River. It has an overflow level of 163.15 meters, making it the second largest of the lakes supplying water to the city of Mumbai . [ 1 ] [ 2 ]
Name of Dam Year Completed River Location Type Height (m) Length (m) Volume content (10 3 m 3) Gross Storage Capacity (10 3 m 3) Reservoir Area (10 3 m 2) Effective Storage Capacity (10 3 m 3)
Powai Lake is located downstream of the Vihar Lake on the Mithi River. When it was built, the lake had an area of about 2.1 square kilometres (520 acres) and the depth varied from about 3 metres (9.8 ft) (at the periphery) to 12 metres (39 ft) at its deepest. [2] The Powai Lake has gone through many stages of water quality degradation.
It was designed as a backup for the Vihar Lake to supply portable drinking water to the city of Bombay (now Mumbai). The lake has surface area of 1.35 km 2 (135 hectares). The average water depth is reported to be 12 m with a gross storage at Full Supply Level (FSL) of 2,294 million imperial gallons (10,430,000 m 3 ), out of which 4 million ...
It's a response to record high lake levels in 2019 and 2020, said Erica Goblet, a Milwaukee County project manager. A storm sewer in 2020 backed up during a storm and flooded storage rooms and ...
Bandra Talao locally referred to as Swami Vivekanand Talao is a small lake located in Bandra, Mumbai. The lake was formerly known as Lotus Tank and is a Grade II heritage structure. [1] The lake was also called "Motha Sarovar" and was constructed by Mst.Iqbal Ghavte a rich Konkani Muslim of Navpada (also spelt Naupada or Naopara), an adjoining ...