Reservoir · Maharashtra · India · CWC · WESTERN region
Kanher
82.4% of gross capacity
Gross capacity
9.6 TMC (272 MCM)
Live capacity
9.6 TMC (272 MCM)
Primary use
multiple
Operator
CWC
Coordinates
17.738°N, 73.916°E
Last updated
2026-10-22
Capacity in TMC
Kanher Dam has a gross capacity of 9.6 TMC (272 MCM); it is currently at 82.4% of gross capacity, holding 7.9 TMC (224 MCM).
- Gross capacity
- 9.6 TMC (272 MCM)
- Live capacity
- 9.6 TMC (272 MCM)
- Current storage
- 7.9 TMC (224 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
82.4%vs 7 days ago
-3.6 pplosing
vs 1 year ago
-17.6 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
↓falling
Drought context
Storage vs October average
89%of normal
82.4% full on 2026-10-22, against an average of 93.0% for October across 4 years of readings (-10.6 points).
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Severely dry
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around Kanher 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 −1.69). 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. 17.738°N, 73.916°E · Open in Google Maps
About Kanher
As of October 22, 2026, Kanher is filled to 82.4% of its gross capacity, holding 7.9 TMC (224 MCM) of a gross 9.6 TMC (272 MCM). At this level the reservoir is high.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has fallen by 3.6 percentage points, and it is 17.6 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Kanher — 170 data points between June 8, 2023 and October 22, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 12.0% (June 22, 2023) to a high of 100.0% (August 29, 2024). On average the reservoir is fullest around September and at its lowest around June.
It is operated by CWC primarily for multiple purposes. It is at 17.738°N, 73.916°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 82.4% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 7.9 TMC (224 MCM)
- Total capacity
- 9.6 TMC (272 MCM)
- 7-day change
- ▼ 3.6 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 17.6 pp
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- Operator
- CWC
- Coordinates
- 17.738°N, 73.916°E
- Last updated
- October 22, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Oct 2026 | 82.4% | 224 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 86.1% | 234 |
| 8 Oct 2026 | 89.3% | 243 |
| 1 Oct 2026 | 92.0% | 250 |
| 24 Sep 2026 | 94.5% | 257 |
| 17 Sep 2026 | 95.9% | 261 |
| 10 Sep 2026 | 96.7% | 263 |
| 3 Sep 2026 | 96.9% | 264 |
| 27 Aug 2026 | 95.8% | 261 |
| 20 Aug 2026 | 95.9% | 261 |
| 13 Aug 2026 | 94.3% | 257 |
| 6 Aug 2026 | 93.4% | 254 |