Reservoir · Maharashtra · India · CWC · WESTERN region
Bhandardara (Wilson Dam)
Bhandardara Dam
99.7% full
Gross capacity
11.1 TMC (314 MCM)
Live capacity
10.5 TMC (298 MCM)
River
Pravara
Basin
Godavari
Primary use
irrigation
Operator
MWRRA
Coordinates
19.533°N, 73.783°E
Last updated
2026-10-22
Capacity in TMC
Bhandardara (Wilson Dam) has a gross capacity of 11.1 TMC (314 MCM), of which 10.5 TMC (298 MCM) is live storage; it is currently at 99.7% full, holding 10.7 TMC (303 MCM).
- Gross capacity
- 11.1 TMC (314 MCM)
- Live capacity
- 10.5 TMC (298 MCM)
- Current storage
- 10.7 TMC (303 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 CWC, which publishes million cubic metres. The percentage is labelled live or gross only when the stored volume matches that capacity.
Current fill
99.7%vs 7 days ago
-0.3 pplosing
vs 1 year ago
-0.3 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
→stable
Drought context
Storage vs October average
100%of normal
99.7% full on 2026-10-22, against an average of 100.0% for October across 4 years of readings (-0.3 points).
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Near normal
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around Bhandardara (Wilson Dam) had rain close to normal for the season. Rainfall compared with the long-run record for the same season at this point (Copernicus Global Drought Observatory, SPI-3 index +0.14). Rain, not storage. India drought figures →
Weekly storage
Fill history — multi-year
About this reservoir
Data source
official
Storage data: CWC. CWC region: WESTERN.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 19.533°N, 73.783°E · Open in Google Maps
About Bhandardara Dam
As of October 22, 2026, Bhandardara Dam has a published fill of 99.7%, holding 10.7 TMC (303 MCM). Gross capacity is 11.1 TMC (314 MCM). At this level the reservoir is high. Of that total, 10.5 TMC (298 MCM) is live storage.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (-0.3 pp), and it sits close to where it was a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Bhandardara Dam — 170 data points between June 6, 2023 and October 22, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 7.0% (May 30, 2024) to a high of 100.0% (August 31, 2023). On average the reservoir is fullest around October and at its lowest around May.
It is operated by MWRRA primarily for irrigation. It lies within the Godavari basin at 19.533°N, 73.783°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 99.7%
- Water stored
- 10.7 TMC (303 MCM)
- Total capacity
- 11.1 TMC (314 MCM)
- Usable capacity
- 10.5 TMC (298 MCM)
- 7-day change
- ▼ 0.3 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 0.3 pp
- Primary use
- Irrigation
- River
- Pravara
- River basin
- Godavari
- Operator
- MWRRA
- Coordinates
- 19.533°N, 73.783°E
- Last updated
- October 22, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Oct 2026 | 99.7% | 303 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 100.0% | 304 |
| 8 Oct 2026 | 100.0% | 304 |
| 1 Oct 2026 | 100.0% | 304 |
| 24 Sep 2026 | 100.0% | 304 |
| 17 Sep 2026 | 99.9% | 304 |
| 10 Sep 2026 | 100.0% | 304 |
| 3 Sep 2026 | 99.7% | 303 |
| 27 Aug 2026 | 99.9% | 304 |
| 20 Aug 2026 | 99.1% | 301 |
| 13 Aug 2026 | 97.1% | 295 |
| 6 Aug 2026 | 97.1% | 295 |