Reservoir · Andhra Pradesh · India · AP-WRIMS
Chitravati Balancing Reservoir
31.2% of gross capacity
Gross capacity
10.2 TMC (290 MCM)
Live capacity
9.9 TMC (279 MCM)
Basin
Pennar
Operator
AP Water Resources Dept
Coordinates
14.562°N, 77.959°E
Last updated
2026-10-27
Capacity in TMC
Chitravati Balancing Reservoir has a gross capacity of 10.2 TMC (290 MCM), of which 9.9 TMC (279 MCM) is live storage; it is currently at 31.2% of gross capacity, holding 3.2 TMC (90 MCM) (32.3% of live capacity).
- Gross capacity
- 10.2 TMC (290 MCM)
- Live capacity
- 9.9 TMC (279 MCM)
- Current storage
- 3.2 TMC (90 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
31.2%vs 22 Oct 2026
-0.3 pplosing
vs 1 year ago
N/ATrend
→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 Chitravati Balancing Reservoir 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 −2.48). 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. 14.562°N, 77.959°E · Open in Google Maps
About Chitravati Balancing Reservoir
As of October 27, 2026, Chitravati Balancing Reservoir is filled to 31.2% of its gross capacity, holding 3.2 TMC (90 MCM) of a gross 10.2 TMC (290 MCM). At this level the reservoir is low. Of that total, 9.9 TMC (279 MCM) is live storage.
Since October 22, 2026 the fill level has held broadly steady (-0.3 pp).
Across the readings we hold for Chitravati Balancing Reservoir — 13 data points between July 2, 2026 and October 27, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 31.2% (October 27, 2026) to a high of 40.3% (July 2, 2026).
It is operated by AP Water Resources Dept. It lies within the Pennar basin at 14.562°N, 77.959°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 31.2% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 3.2 TMC (90 MCM)
- Total capacity
- 10.2 TMC (290 MCM)
- Usable capacity
- 9.9 TMC (279 MCM)
- Change since October 22, 2026
- ▼ 0.3 pp
- River basin
- Pennar
- Operator
- AP Water Resources Dept
- Coordinates
- 14.562°N, 77.959°E
- Last updated
- October 27, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 27 Oct 2026 | 31.2% | 90 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 31.5% | 91 |
| 16 Sep 2026 | 33.8% | 98 |
| 9 Sep 2026 | 34.7% | 100 |
| 2 Sep 2026 | 36.3% | 105 |
| 27 Aug 2026 | 37.2% | 108 |
| 20 Aug 2026 | 33.5% | 97 |
| 13 Aug 2026 | 31.3% | 91 |
| 4 Aug 2026 | 32.9% | 95 |
| 29 Jul 2026 | 34.0% | 99 |
| 22 Jul 2026 | 35.1% | 102 |
| 15 Jul 2026 | 36.4% | 105 |