Powai Artifical
December 2014
One of the unique aspects of this photograph is that it is accompanied by the pollution levels of that day
SO2 - 10 ug / m3
NO2 - 55 ug / m3
RSPM - 115 ug / m3
"The Powai Scheme was accordingly taken up for execution and complete in 1890. The lake with a spread of 365 acres is situated about a mile from Vehar. A masonry dam 650 feet in length and 25 feet high impounds the water in the valley of 1,700 acres of catchment area. Rainfall in the catchment area average 91" annually. The top water level of Powai was 190 Town Hall Datum, which was too low to admit gravity flow to the City.
The supply of water which had to be pumped to the City was also not of as good a quality as that of other lakes and required elaborate treatment. With the advent of the Tansa water, Powai supply to the City was therefore discontinued, the demand having been wholly met.
In the year 1919 the Corporation offered the Powai supply to the Government for the suburban needs after treating it in mechanical filters."
Development Plan for Greater Bombay
Page 95
Municipal Corporation of Greater Bombay
1964
Robert D. Stephens is a Principal at RMA Architects, Mumbai. His passions include the art of building and constructing beauty through visual, literary, and cinematic imagery. In 2013 he co-produced a feature film with India's first You Tube star, Wilbur Sargunaraj, entitled "Simple Superstar".
About Mumbai North
Aerial Photographs of Mumbai's Suburbs by Robert D. Stephens
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Mumbai Articles Madras Transit After the success of Mumbai Articles, Stephen's contemporary black and white, aerial photographs of Mumbai city, photographer Robert D Stephens turns his attentions to the surburbs of Mumbai. This January, he brings us Mumbai North, an urban portrait collection of suburban geography, featuring black and white photographs taken 15,000 ft above sea level between December 2014 and November 2015. Suburbs documented range from Nalasopara to Bhiwandi, Vikhroli to Aarey Colony, Bandra to Kandivali, and more.