Groundwater extraction
Safe - 27.52%
CGWB classifies all three assessed groundwater units for Mumbai Suburban district as Safe in the 2024 assessment.
- Period
- 2024 assessment
- Source
- CGWB
- Geography
- Mumbai Suburban
Mumbai Suburban water position
Official geography: Mumbai Suburban, Maharashtra. Latest official published data, not live or real-time readings.
Official geography: Mumbai Suburban
District / district-level source records are shown separately. JalWater does not merge or average neighbouring geographies.
Latest official published position
Safe
Mumbai Suburban, Maharashtra
Stage of extraction
27.52%
Official data says
CGWB classifies all three assessed groundwater units for Mumbai Suburban district as Safe in the 2024 assessment.
2050 outlook
Stress [1000-1700 m³]
What this is not
Not live, not a municipal supply guarantee, and not a JalScore.
Pre-monsoon groundwater depth
2 to 5 mbgl
mbgl means metres below ground level. A larger number means groundwater was measured deeper below the ground.
- Period
- 2023-24
- Source
- NITI ICED
- Geography
- Mumbai Suburban
Post-monsoon groundwater depth
2 to 5 mbgl
mbgl means metres below ground level. A larger number means groundwater was measured deeper below the ground.
- Period
- 2023-24
- Source
- NITI ICED
- Geography
- Mumbai Suburban
2050 outlook
Stress [1000-1700 m³]
Government dashboard classification for the stated future period. It is not a live city forecast.
- Period
- 2050
- Source
- NITI ICED
- Geography
- Mumbai Suburban
Year
Pre-monsoon
Post-monsoon
2021-22
2 to 5 mbgl
Row 773
2 to 5 mbgl
Row 809
2022-23
2 to 5 mbgl
Row 2220
2 to 5 mbgl
Row 2256
2023-24
2 to 5 mbgl
Row 3632
2 to 5 mbgl
Row 3668
Accessible summary: each row compares the published pre-monsoon and post-monsoon groundwater-depth bands for the same year. Ranges are not converted into exact measurements.
2025
Stress [1000-1700 m³]
Geography: Mumbai Suburban. Source: NITI ICED.
2050
Stress [1000-1700 m³]
Geography: Mumbai Suburban. Source: NITI ICED.
Category thresholds
No Stress [>1700 m³], Stress [1000-1700 m³], Scarcity [500-1000 m³], Absolute scarcity [<500 m³].
The published category remains Stress [1000-1700 m³] in 2025 and 2050.
CGWB resource visual
Annual extractable resource is the 100% reference. Current annual extraction is shown against that reference.
Stage: 27.52%
- Extractable resource
- 6795.68 ham
- Current extraction
- 1869.91 ham
- Future availability
- 4925.77 ham
- Assessment units
- 3
JalWater explanation
Official data
CGWB classifies all three assessed groundwater units for Mumbai Suburban district as Safe in the 2024 assessment.
Published change
The category remains Stress [1000-1700 m³].
Not covered
No live reading, no municipal supply guarantee, no JalScore, and no inferred trend.
View sources and methodology
National Compilation on Dynamic Ground Water Resources of India, 2024
- Institution
- Central Ground Water Board
- Publication/dataset
- National Compilation on Dynamic Ground Water Resources of India, 2024
- Citation
- Page 183; DYNAMIC GROUND WATER RESOURCES OF INDIA, 2024 - Ground Water Recharge and Current Annual Ground Water Extraction. Category page 230; DYNAMIC GROUND WATER RESOURCES OF INDIA, 2024 - Categorisation of Assessment Units.
- Period
- 2024 assessment
- Retrieved
- 2026-06-25
- Source caveat
- Official CGWB groundwater-resource assessment. Categories refer to groundwater extraction assessment units, not the entire municipal water system.
- Original source
- https://cgwb.gov.in/
NITI ICED groundwater-depth band dataset
- Institution
- NITI Aayog
- Publication/dataset
- NITI ICED groundwater-depth band dataset
- Citation
- Sheet Water Levels; row 3632; original label "2 to 5 Pre Monsoon (in mbgl)".
- Period
- 2023-24
- Retrieved
- 2026-06-25
- Source caveat
- Government dashboard dataset; some values may be compiled, derived or based on assumptions. See source note. Values are ranges, not exact groundwater measurements.
- Original source
- https://iced.niti.gov.in/
NITI ICED per-capita water-availability classification dataset
- Institution
- NITI Aayog
- Publication/dataset
- NITI ICED per-capita water-availability classification dataset
- Citation
- Sheet Water Availability; row 719; original label "Stress [1000−1700 m3]".
- Period
- 2050
- Retrieved
- 2026-06-25
- Source caveat
- Government dashboard dataset; some values may be compiled, derived or based on assumptions. See source note. Values are classifications, not exact city-level quantities.
- Original source
- https://iced.niti.gov.in/
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