a major portion of potable water gets wasted in slum areas of the city including areas like kisanwadi purshottam bhatta and ramdevnagar slums in the eastern part of vadodara waste maximum water vadodara consumes 900 lakh gallons per dayvmc boasts of 275 lakh water connections which it claims cover 95 of the city area the main source of water in vadodara is mahi river which takes care of nearly threefourth of the total water supplied to the city the mahi river and the 34 tubewells which are in working condition supply 550 lakh gallons per day another major source of water is ajwa from where the city gets 290 lakh gallons water local tubewells on the other hand contribute 22 lakh gallons of water