UDAIPUR : Heavy monsoon and overflowing lakes assure at least a year long uninterrupted supply of potable water for Udaipur homes. People are elated for the very reason during the four rainy months. However, this time, marred by weak monsoon and decreasing level of water reservoirs due to regular consumption, scarcity of water is feared to trouble Udaipurites in the coming months.Presently 80.5 MLD (million litre per day) water is lifted from four major lakes, including Pichhola, FatehSagar, Jaisamand and Nandeshwar which are the primary source of potable water for city homes.Due to weak monsoon, the lakes didn't cross their overflow point while on the other hand water lifting have been going in unhindered for domestic consumption daily. Although the water supply department claim there is no reason to worry as of now since the reservoirs have stock enough to supply the city for an year, however the decreasing level of water is becoming a concern for activists and the learned persons.According to sources, 22 MLD water is lifted daily each from Pichhola, Nandeshwar and Jaisamand while 13.5 MLD water is lifted from Fatehsagar Lake. Pichhola had a capacity of 483 Mcft and presently it has a stock of 8,300 million litre water while Fatehsagar's water holding capacity is 427 Mcft against which it has 6,655 million litre stock. According to expert Piyush Joshi, a retired engineer from the water supply department, evaporation also accounts for the reducing level of water in reservoirs, however in winters the rate of vapourisation is comparatively lesser than in summers. Approximately one percentage of water is believed to evaporate per annum and even if 5 Mcft water evaporates from the water bodies, there is no reason for worries as the stock would suffice to quench the people's thirst for a whole year until the arrival of next monsoons, he said. Meanwhile activists and morning walkers who are regular visitors of the water bodiea are saddened by the site of the bare land on the lake shores."The shore end at Fatehsagar is already dry at the Rani Road side and if the summers are early, people will surely have to face water scarcity ,” claims Vimal Sharma, an environmentalist.

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