Reservoir · Tamil Nadu · India · Tamil Nadu WRD
Chembarampakkam
40.1% of gross capacity
Gross capacity
3.6 TMC (103 MCM)
Live capacity
3.6 TMC (103 MCM)
River
Adayar
Basin
Chennai
Primary use
irrigation and chennai water supply
Operator
Tamil Nadu Water Resources Dept
Coordinates
13.000°N, 80.081°E
Last updated
2026-10-28
Capacity in TMC
Chembarampakkam Dam has a gross capacity of 3.6 TMC (103 MCM); it is currently at 40.1% of gross capacity, holding 1.4 TMC (41 MCM).
- Gross capacity
- 3.6 TMC (103 MCM)
- Live capacity
- 3.6 TMC (103 MCM)
- Current storage
- 1.4 TMC (41 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 Tamil Nadu WRD, which publishes million cubic metres. The percentage is labelled live or gross only when the stored volume matches that capacity.
Current fill
40.1%vs 7 days ago
N/Avs 1 year ago
N/A7-day trend
N/ADrought context
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Severely dry
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around Chembarampakkam had far less rain than normal, a shortfall seen about one year in fifteen. Rainfall compared with the long-run record for the same season at this point (Copernicus Global Drought Observatory, SPI-3 index −1.58). Rain, not storage. India drought figures →
Weekly storage
Fill history — multi-year
About this reservoir
Data source
official
Storage data: Tamil Nadu WRD.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 13.000°N, 80.081°E · Open in Google Maps
About Chembarampakkam
As of October 28, 2026, Chembarampakkam is filled to 40.1% of its gross capacity, holding 1.4 TMC (41 MCM) of a gross 3.6 TMC (103 MCM). At this level the reservoir is within its normal operating range.
No reading from about a week earlier is on file, so the 7-day change is not available.
Across the readings we hold for Chembarampakkam — 9 data points between July 2, 2026 and October 28, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 38.9% (September 24, 2026) to a high of 73.9% (July 2, 2026).
It is operated by Tamil Nadu Water Resources Dept primarily for irrigation and chennai water supply. It lies within the Chennai basin at 13.000°N, 80.081°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 40.1% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 1.4 TMC (41 MCM)
- Total capacity
- 3.6 TMC (103 MCM)
- 7-day change
- N/A
- Primary use
- Irrigation and chennai water supply
- River
- Adayar
- River basin
- Chennai
- Operator
- Tamil Nadu Water Resources Dept
- Coordinates
- 13.000°N, 80.081°E
- Last updated
- October 28, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 28 Oct 2026 | 40.0% | 41 |
| 24 Sep 2026 | 38.9% | 40 |
| 18 Sep 2026 | 41.3% | 43 |
| 11 Sep 2026 | 44.0% | 45 |
| 4 Sep 2026 | 46.5% | 48 |
| 29 Aug 2026 | 49.3% | 51 |
| 22 Aug 2026 | 51.0% | 53 |
| 14 Aug 2026 | 54.8% | 57 |
| 2 Jul 2026 | 73.9% | 76 |