BMC revives desalination plant plan to meet Mumbai’s water needs – India

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to revive its plan to set up a desalination plant to turn seawater into potable water through reverse osmosis, in an effort to tackle the water crisis plaguing Mumbai due to uneven rainfall.

BMC is in talks with an Israel-based company and, as per preliminary reports, the civic body is considering an area near the sea in Malad for the plant.

The plant will have a capacity of 200 million litres daily (MLD), requiring about 25 acres.