City Water PictureDistrictDelhi

New Delhi water picture

Water availability is classified as Scarcity.

The official published classification is Scarcity for both 2025 and 2050.

Where supplied water comes from

Upper Ganga CanalSonia Vihar Water Treatment Plant
River YamunaChandrawal I and II Water Treatment Plants
Bhakra Storage and YamunaHaiderpur I and II Water Treatment Plants
Bhakra StorageNangloi Water Treatment Plant

Groundwater context

Before and after monsoon depth band: 20–40 metres below the ground surface; Exact published band: 20 to 40 mbgl · 2023-24

Latest groundwater-quality evidence

No station-level numeric quality result is published on this page. The reviewed samples do not establish city-wide or tap-water quality.

Official institutions and periods

NITI Aayog; Delhi Jal Board

2021-22 · 2022-23 · 2023-24 · 2025 · 2050 · Effective date not stated; page reviewed 2026-08-18

This does not establish today’s household supply, pressure, continuity or tap-water safety.

See the full evidence and limitations

Where supplied water comes from

These relationships come from official utility or government publications. JalWater keeps operating, historical, proposed, and unproven evidence separate.

Operating relationships in reviewed official evidence

Upper Ganga Canal · Sonia Vihar Water Treatment Plant

Operating in the reviewed official evidence · Effective date not stated; reviewed 2026-08-18

Canal

DJB lists Upper Ganga Canal as the raw-water source for Sonia Vihar WTP.

Authority: Delhi Jal Board
Geographic scope: Sonia Vihar WTP relationship within the DJB system; command area and household delivery are not established by this row.
Evidence locator: HTML table RAW WATER SOURCES AND WATER PRODUCTION, row 1
Limitation: The official page is undated and does not establish present flow, source share or delivery to every part of Delhi or New Delhi district.

Source: Delhi Jal Board · About Us - Raw Water Sources and Water Production. Open official source

Upper Ganga Canal · Bhagirathi Water Treatment Plant

Operating in the reviewed official evidence · Effective date not stated; reviewed 2026-08-18

Canal

DJB lists Upper Ganga Canal as the raw-water source for Bhagirathi WTP.

Authority: Delhi Jal Board
Geographic scope: Bhagirathi WTP relationship within the DJB system; command area and household delivery are not established by this row.
Evidence locator: HTML table RAW WATER SOURCES AND WATER PRODUCTION, row 2
Limitation: The official page is undated and does not establish present flow, source share or delivery to every part of Delhi or New Delhi district.

Source: Delhi Jal Board · About Us - Raw Water Sources and Water Production. Open official source

River Yamuna · Chandrawal I and II Water Treatment Plants

Operating in the reviewed official evidence · Effective date not stated; reviewed 2026-08-18

River

DJB lists River Yamuna as the raw-water source for Chandrawal I and II WTPs.

Authority: Delhi Jal Board
Geographic scope: Chandrawal WTP relationship within the DJB system; command area and household delivery are not established by this row.
Evidence locator: HTML table RAW WATER SOURCES AND WATER PRODUCTION, row 3
Limitation: The official page is undated and does not establish present flow, source share or delivery to every part of Delhi or New Delhi district.

Source: Delhi Jal Board · About Us - Raw Water Sources and Water Production. Open official source

River Yamuna · Wazirabad I, II and III Water Treatment Plants

Operating in the reviewed official evidence · Effective date not stated; reviewed 2026-08-18

River

DJB lists River Yamuna as the raw-water source for Wazirabad I, II and III WTPs.

Authority: Delhi Jal Board
Geographic scope: Wazirabad WTP relationship within the DJB system; command area and household delivery are not established by this row.
Evidence locator: HTML table RAW WATER SOURCES AND WATER PRODUCTION, row 4
Limitation: The official page is undated and does not establish present flow, source share or delivery to every part of Delhi or New Delhi district.

Source: Delhi Jal Board · About Us - Raw Water Sources and Water Production. Open official source

Bhakra Storage and Yamuna · Haiderpur I and II Water Treatment Plants

Operating in the reviewed official evidence · Effective date not stated; reviewed 2026-08-18

Other

DJB lists Bhakra Storage and Yamuna together as the raw-water source for Haiderpur I and II WTPs.

Authority: Delhi Jal Board
Geographic scope: Haiderpur WTP relationship within the DJB system; the page does not separate the two listed inputs or define command area.
Evidence locator: HTML table RAW WATER SOURCES AND WATER PRODUCTION, row 5
Limitation: JalWater preserves the combined official label and does not infer proportions, conveyance details or household delivery.

Source: Delhi Jal Board · About Us - Raw Water Sources and Water Production. Open official source

Bhakra Storage · Nangloi Water Treatment Plant

Operating in the reviewed official evidence · Effective date not stated; reviewed 2026-08-18

Reservoir Lake

DJB lists Bhakra Storage as the raw-water source for Nangloi WTP.

Authority: Delhi Jal Board
Geographic scope: Nangloi WTP relationship within the DJB system; command area and household delivery are not established by this row.
Evidence locator: HTML table RAW WATER SOURCES AND WATER PRODUCTION, row 6
Limitation: The official page is undated and does not establish present flow, source share or delivery to every part of Delhi or New Delhi district.

Source: Delhi Jal Board · About Us - Raw Water Sources and Water Production. Open official source

Munak Canal · Okhla Water Treatment Plant

Operating in the reviewed official evidence · Effective date not stated; reviewed 2026-08-18

Canal

DJB lists raw water from Munak Canal for Okhla WTP.

Authority: Delhi Jal Board
Geographic scope: Okhla WTP relationship within the DJB system; command area and household delivery are not established by this row.
Evidence locator: HTML table RAW WATER SOURCES AND WATER PRODUCTION, row 7
Limitation: The official page is undated and does not establish present flow, source share or delivery to every part of Delhi or New Delhi district.

Source: Delhi Jal Board · About Us - Raw Water Sources and Water Production. Open official source

Process waste water in existing plants · DJB recycling plants

Operating in the reviewed official evidence · Effective date not stated; reviewed 2026-08-18

Recycled Water

DJB lists process waste water in existing plants as the source for its recycling-plants row.

Authority: Delhi Jal Board
Geographic scope: DJB recycling-plant row only; end use and command area are not stated.
Evidence locator: HTML table RAW WATER SOURCES AND WATER PRODUCTION, row 10
Limitation: This does not prove household drinking-water use, a service area, present output or a source proportion.

Source: Delhi Jal Board · About Us - Raw Water Sources and Water Production. Open official source

Ground Water · Ranney wells and tube wells

Operating in the reviewed official evidence · Effective date not stated; reviewed 2026-08-18

Groundwater

DJB lists Ground Water as the source for its Ranney wells and tube wells row.

Authority: Delhi Jal Board
Geographic scope: DJB Ranney-well and tube-well row; locations and command areas are not stated in the table.
Evidence locator: HTML table RAW WATER SOURCES AND WATER PRODUCTION, row 11
Limitation: This does not establish aquifer identity, neighbourhood coverage, present output, household borewell conditions or safety.

Source: Delhi Jal Board · About Us - Raw Water Sources and Water Production. Open official source

Official proposals — not operating evidence

Second New Dwarka Water Treatment Plant · Second New Dwarka Water Treatment Plant

Official proposal — not operating evidence · Effective date not stated; reviewed 2026-08-18

Other

DJB labels a second New Dwarka WTP as proposed in its future-project section.

Authority: Delhi Jal Board
Geographic scope: DJB future-project context only; no raw-water source is stated in the reviewed item.
Evidence locator: HTML section FUTURE PROJECTS IN AUGMENTATION OF WATER SECTOR
Limitation: This proves proposal status only and does not establish construction, operation or a source relationship.

Source: Delhi Jal Board · About Us - Raw Water Sources and Water Production. Open official source

Relationships not proven

Raw-water source for Bawana and Dwarka WTP rows · Bawana and Dwarka Water Treatment Plants

Relationship not proven · Effective date not stated; reviewed 2026-08-18

Other

The reviewed table contains Bawana and Dwarka WTP rows without a stated raw-water source in the corresponding source cells.

Authority: Delhi Jal Board
Geographic scope: The WTP rows are present, but the reviewed table does not state a raw-water source in those cells.
Evidence locator: HTML table RAW WATER SOURCES AND WATER PRODUCTION, rows 8-9
Limitation: Not proven from the official evidence currently reviewed.

Source: Delhi Jal Board · About Us - Raw Water Sources and Water Production. Open official source

Groundwater evidence

Before and after monsoon depth band

20–40 metres below the ground surface

20 to 40 mbgl · 2023-24

Published 2025 classification

Scarcity [500-1000 m3]

Published 2050 classification

Scarcity [500-1000 m3]

JalWater preserves the official periods and bands. It does not invent intermediate years or infer a trend.

Current condition and water quality

Current source condition

JalWater has not verified a stable official current-condition feed for this city.

Groundwater-quality samples

Reviewed station records are dated 2021–2023 and do not represent city-wide or municipal tap-water quality. Their numeric values are not published here.

Official sources and limitations

Official publications used

Delhi Jal Board
About Us - Raw Water Sources and Water Production · Effective date not stated; page reviewed 2026-08-18
Stable HTML heading RAW WATER SOURCES AND WATER PRODUCTION
Open official source

What is not verified

No stable official current-condition feed has been verified for this city.
No reviewed evidence establishes today's household supply, pressure, continuity, or tap-water safety.
No reviewed evidence establishes a source share for every neighbourhood or property.
No rainfall or reservoir-status feed is used to change the published classifications.
Groundwater-quality station values are excluded from the public release candidate.

Publication method

JalWater publishes independently written factual summaries with prominent attribution and links to official primary sources. It does not reproduce protected tables, images, long passages, raw datasets, or source documents.

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