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Bhairavanithippa Project

9.5% of live capacity

Gross capacity

2.0 TMC (57 MCM)

Live capacity

2.0 TMC (56 MCM)

Basin

Krishna

Operator

AP Water Resources Dept

Coordinates

14.539°N, 76.838°E

Last updated

2026-10-27

Capacity in TMC

Bhairavanithippa Project Dam has a gross capacity of 2.0 TMC (57 MCM), of which 2.0 TMC (56 MCM) is live storage; it is currently at 9.5% of live capacity, holding 0.18 TMC (5 MCM).

Gross capacity
2.0 TMC (57 MCM)
Live capacity
2.0 TMC (56 MCM)
Current storage
0.18 TMC (5 MCM)

TMC is thousand million cubic feet, the unit used in Indian water reporting. 1 TMC = 28.3168 million cubic metres (MCM). Figures are converted from AP-WRIMS, which publishes million cubic metres. The percentage is labelled live or gross only when the stored volume matches that capacity.

Current fill

9.5%
Critical

vs 22 Oct 2026

0.0 pp

stable

vs 1 year ago

N/A

Trend

→

stable

Drought context

Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026

Extremely dry

In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around Bhairavanithippa Project had extremely little rain for the season, a shortfall seen about one year in forty. Rainfall compared with the long-run record for the same season at this point (Copernicus Global Drought Observatory, SPI-3 index −2.67). Rain, not storage. India drought figures →

Weekly storage

Fill history — multi-year

About this reservoir

Data source

official

Storage data: AP-WRIMS.

Catchment Weather

Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo

Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 14.539°N, 76.838°E · Open in Google Maps

About Bhairavanithippa Project

As of October 27, 2026, Bhairavanithippa Project is at 9.5% of useful capacity, holding 0.18 TMC (5 MCM) of 2.0 TMC (56 MCM). Of the gross 2.0 TMC (57 MCM), that is 8.8%. At this level the reservoir is critically low.

Since October 22, 2026 the fill level has held broadly steady (+0.0 pp).

Across the readings we hold for Bhairavanithippa Project — 13 data points between July 2, 2026 and October 27, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 9.5% (July 2, 2026) to a high of 11.6% (July 29, 2026).

It is operated by AP Water Resources Dept. It lies within the Krishna basin at 14.539°N, 76.838°E.

Key facts

Current fill level
9.5% of useful capacity
Water stored
0.18 TMC (5 MCM)
Total capacity
2.0 TMC (57 MCM)
Usable capacity
2.0 TMC (56 MCM)
Change since October 22, 2026
No change
River basin
Krishna
Operator
AP Water Resources Dept
Coordinates
14.539°N, 76.838°E
Last updated
October 27, 2026

Recent readings

DateFill levelVolume (hm³)
27 Oct 20269.5%5
22 Oct 20269.5%5
16 Sep 202610.0%6
9 Sep 202610.5%6
2 Sep 202610.5%6
27 Aug 202611.0%6
20 Aug 202611.1%6
13 Aug 202611.3%6
4 Aug 202611.6%7
29 Jul 202611.6%7
22 Jul 20269.5%5
15 Jul 20269.5%5

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