Reservoir · Himachal Pradesh · India · CWC · NORTHERN region
Kol Dam
87.5% of gross capacity
Gross capacity
3.1 TMC (89 MCM)
Live capacity
3.1 TMC (89 MCM)
Primary use
multiple
Operator
CWC
Coordinates
31.392°N, 76.870°E
Last updated
2026-10-22
Capacity in TMC
Kol Dam has a gross capacity of 3.1 TMC (89 MCM); it is currently at 87.5% of gross capacity, holding 2.8 TMC (78 MCM).
- Gross capacity
- 3.1 TMC (89 MCM)
- Live capacity
- 3.1 TMC (89 MCM)
- Current storage
- 2.8 TMC (78 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
87.5%vs 7 days ago
+9.8 ppgaining
vs 1 year ago
+10.0 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
↑rising
Drought context
Storage vs October average
114%of normal
87.5% full on 2026-10-22, against an average of 77.0% for October across 2 years of readings (+10.5 points).
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Near normal
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around Kol 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 −0.82). 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. 31.392°N, 76.870°E · Open in Google Maps
About Kol Dam
As of October 22, 2026, Kol Dam is filled to 87.5% of its gross capacity, holding 2.8 TMC (78 MCM) of a gross 3.1 TMC (89 MCM). At this level the reservoir is high.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has risen by 9.8 percentage points, and it is 10.0 points above its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Kol Dam — 77 data points between April 3, 2025 and October 22, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 16.9% (July 16, 2026) to a high of 92.8% (January 29, 2026). On average the reservoir is fullest around January and at its lowest around July.
It is operated by CWC primarily for multiple purposes. It is at 31.392°N, 76.870°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 87.5% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 2.8 TMC (78 MCM)
- Total capacity
- 3.1 TMC (89 MCM)
- 7-day change
- ▲ 9.8 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▲ 10.0 pp
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- Operator
- CWC
- Coordinates
- 31.392°N, 76.870°E
- Last updated
- October 22, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Oct 2026 | 87.5% | 78 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 77.7% | 69 |
| 8 Oct 2026 | 82.0% | 73 |
| 1 Oct 2026 | 70.7% | 63 |
| 24 Sep 2026 | 73.2% | 65 |
| 17 Sep 2026 | 59.3% | 53 |
| 10 Sep 2026 | 45.0% | 40 |
| 3 Sep 2026 | 63.6% | 57 |
| 27 Aug 2026 | 54.5% | 48 |
| 20 Aug 2026 | 51.5% | 46 |
| 13 Aug 2026 | 37.4% | 33 |
| 6 Aug 2026 | 35.5% | 32 |