Reservoir · Rajasthan · India · CWC · NORTHERN region
Jawai
Jawai Dam
12.4% full
Gross capacity
14.1 TMC (399 MCM)
Live capacity
13.5 TMC (382 MCM)
River
Jawai
Basin
West Flowing
Primary use
water supply
Operator
RAJASTHAN
Coordinates
25.217°N, 73.017°E
Last updated
2026-10-22
Capacity in TMC
Jawai Dam has a gross capacity of 14.1 TMC (399 MCM), of which 13.5 TMC (382 MCM) is live storage; it is currently at 12.4% full, holding 0.85 TMC (24 MCM).
- Gross capacity
- 14.1 TMC (399 MCM)
- Live capacity
- 13.5 TMC (382 MCM)
- Current storage
- 0.85 TMC (24 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
12.4%vs 7 days ago
0.0 ppstable
vs 1 year ago
-87.6 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
→stable
Drought context
Storage vs October average
16%of normal
12.4% full on 2026-10-22, against an average of 79.0% for October across 4 years of readings (-66.6 points).
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Near normal
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around Jawai 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 −0.42). Rain, not storage. India drought figures →
Weekly storage
Fill history — multi-year
About this reservoir
Data source
official
Storage data: CWC. CWC region: NORTHERN.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 25.217°N, 73.017°E · Open in Google Maps
About Jawai Dam
As of October 22, 2026, Jawai Dam has a published fill of 12.4%, holding 0.85 TMC (24 MCM). Gross capacity is 14.1 TMC (399 MCM). At this level the reservoir is critically low. Of that total, 13.5 TMC (382 MCM) is live storage.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (+0.0 pp), and it is 87.6 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Jawai Dam — 171 data points between June 8, 2023 and October 22, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 6.0% (August 1, 2024) to a high of 100.0% (July 6, 2023). On average the reservoir is fullest around November and at its lowest around June.
It is operated by RAJASTHAN primarily for water supply. It lies within the West Flowing basin at 25.217°N, 73.017°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 12.4%
- Water stored
- 0.85 TMC (24 MCM)
- Total capacity
- 14.1 TMC (399 MCM)
- Usable capacity
- 13.5 TMC (382 MCM)
- 7-day change
- No change
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 87.6 pp
- Primary use
- Water supply
- River
- Jawai
- River basin
- West Flowing
- Operator
- RAJASTHAN
- Coordinates
- 25.217°N, 73.017°E
- Last updated
- October 22, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Oct 2026 | 12.4% | 24 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 12.4% | 24 |
| 8 Oct 2026 | 13.5% | 26 |
| 1 Oct 2026 | 14.0% | 27 |
| 24 Sep 2026 | 14.5% | 28 |
| 17 Sep 2026 | 15.5% | 30 |
| 10 Sep 2026 | 16.6% | 32 |
| 3 Sep 2026 | 18.9% | 36 |
| 27 Aug 2026 | 18.9% | 36 |
| 20 Aug 2026 | 19.6% | 38 |
| 13 Aug 2026 | 20.5% | 40 |
| 6 Aug 2026 | 21.2% | 41 |