Even after implementing a 10 per cent water cut across the city, water stock in Mumbai’s lakes is down to 42 per cent.
As of February 17 last year, it was 57 per cent.
If the lakes are full by October 1, the city, which uses 10 per cent of the stock each month, will get uninterrupted supply till July.
However, as of October 1, 2018, the lakes only had 93 per cent water, forcing the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to declare a 10 per cent water cut.
As of Sunday, February 17, 2019, there was 6.14 lakh litres of water in the seven lakes, or 42 per cent.
The corresponding figure for 2018 was 8.18 lakh litres (57 per cent) water stock.
In a normal year, the water stocks last till July, by when the monsoon is expected to refresh supply in the lakes.
But this year’s stocks are so critically low that even end-June seems like a real possibility.
"We are monitoring the situation every day.
The city has seven lakes and dams with storage of 14.50 lakh million litres.