Sources of drinking water in Mumbai

1. SOURCES OF
DRINKING WATER
(Mumbai)

2. Mumbai’s history as a city.
• The Seven Islands of Bombay were 16th-century Portuguese colonial
possessions lying off the Konkan, the mid-west coast of India, that were
partly handed over to England under this title as part of the dowry
of Catherine of Braganza when she married Charles II in 1661.
• By 1845, the islands had been merged[1] into one landmass by means of
multiple land reclamation projects. The resulting island of Bombay was
later merged with the nearby islands of Trombay and Salsette that lay to
its north-east and north respectively to form Greater Bombay. These
islands now constitute the southern part of the city of Mumbai.

3. The original islands handed over to England were as
follows:
•Isle of Bombay
•Colaba
•Old Woman's Island (Little Colaba)
•Mahim
•Mazagaon
•Parel
•Worli
The original seven islands Map of Bombay in 1893

4. MUMBAI NOT BEING A NATURAL
LANDSCAPE IS THE MAJOR REASON OF
EVERY YEAR WATER FLOODING AND
COMPLEXITY FACED WHILE SUPPLYING
WATER TO THE PUBLIC.

5. BMC Office Mumbai
The Municipal Corporation of
Greater Mumbai (MCGM)
formerly and commonly known
as the Bombay Municipal
Corporation (BMC) is the
governing civic body of Mumbai,
the capital city of Maharashtra. It
is India's richest municipal
corporation. It was established
under the Bombay Municipal
Corporation Act 1888. MCGM is
responsible for the civic
infrastructure and administration
of the city and some suburbs.

6. CURRENT WATER
SOURCES OF THE CITY.
1. Natural Sources
2. Artificial Sources

7. 1. Natural Sources
• Mumbai receives water from Tulsi, Vihar, Tansa, Upper
Vaitarna, Middle Vaitarna, Bhatsa and Modak Sagar
Lakes.
• Purest form of rain water which is sweet and clean goes
through water filtration plant connected to vihar lake
towards Bhandup.

8. TULSI LAKE in Mumbai VIHAR LAKE (Mumbai)
VAITARNA

9. 2. Artificial Sources
• The pipe water supply is one of the earliest civic services provided by
Hydraulic Engineer Department, one of the oldest departments of
Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai. It was established under Section
73A of the MMC Act 1888.
• The Mumbai Water Supply system is one among the largest in the World and
perhaps second largest in Asia after Tokyo. The Bhandup Water Treatment
facility is the largest (capacity) such facility at single location in Asia.

10. Nearly 5,000 forest ponds will be
constructed in the next three months
in Maharashtra’s Thane district, to
meet the drinking water and irrigation
needs.
Mumbai residents need not buy
reverse osmosis (RO) water purifiers
as a study by the Union Consumer
Affairs Ministry has found samples
of tap water collected from the
financial capital compliant with the
Indian standards for drinking water.

11. … Conclusion …
• Mumbaikars can now drink water straight from tap: BMC
• Global agencies had noted that the water available in BMC's Master Balance
Reservoir at Bhandup was among the purest in the world, but quality
suffered before it reached citizens due to the poor distribution system.
• Due to the current covid situation the natural resources of water have also
improved and are much cleaner then before and not only in Mumbai this
improvement is been seen in all the natural sources which is commendable.

12. THANK YOU
- MORE TANVI_BJMC