Reservoir · Tamil Nadu · India · CWC · SOUTHERN region
Lower Bhawani
27.8% of gross capacity
Gross capacity
28.0 TMC (792 MCM)
Live capacity
28.0 TMC (792 MCM)
Primary use
multiple
Operator
CWC
Coordinates
11.470°N, 77.114°E
Last updated
2026-10-22
Capacity in TMC
Lower Bhawani Dam has a gross capacity of 28.0 TMC (792 MCM); it is currently at 27.8% of gross capacity, holding 7.8 TMC (220 MCM).
- Gross capacity
- 28.0 TMC (792 MCM)
- Live capacity
- 28.0 TMC (792 MCM)
- Current storage
- 7.8 TMC (220 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
27.8%vs 7 days ago
+4.2 ppgaining
vs 1 year ago
-72.2 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
↑rising
Drought context
Storage vs October average
46%of normal
27.8% full on 2026-10-22, against an average of 60.0% for October across 4 years of readings (-32.2 points).
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Extremely dry
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around Lower Bhawani 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 −2.02). Rain, not storage. India drought figures →
Weekly storage
Fill history — multi-year
About this reservoir
Data source
official
Storage data: CWC. CWC region: SOUTHERN.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 11.470°N, 77.114°E · Open in Google Maps
About Lower Bhawani
As of October 22, 2026, Lower Bhawani is filled to 27.8% of its gross capacity, holding 7.8 TMC (220 MCM) of a gross 28.0 TMC (792 MCM). At this level the reservoir is low.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has risen by 4.2 percentage points, and it is 72.2 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Lower Bhawani — 171 data points between June 8, 2023 and October 22, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 11.0% (May 16, 2024) to a high of 100.0% (December 5, 2024). On average the reservoir is fullest around December and at its lowest around May.
It is operated by CWC primarily for multiple purposes. It is at 11.470°N, 77.114°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 27.8% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 7.8 TMC (220 MCM)
- Total capacity
- 28.0 TMC (792 MCM)
- 7-day change
- ▲ 4.2 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 72.2 pp
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- Operator
- CWC
- Coordinates
- 11.470°N, 77.114°E
- Last updated
- October 22, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Oct 2026 | 27.8% | 220 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 23.6% | 187 |
| 8 Oct 2026 | 21.1% | 167 |
| 1 Oct 2026 | 19.3% | 153 |
| 24 Sep 2026 | 19.3% | 153 |
| 17 Sep 2026 | 18.8% | 149 |
| 10 Sep 2026 | 17.9% | 142 |
| 3 Sep 2026 | 16.7% | 132 |
| 27 Aug 2026 | 17.4% | 138 |
| 20 Aug 2026 | 20.9% | 166 |
| 13 Aug 2026 | 24.1% | 191 |
| 6 Aug 2026 | 23.7% | 188 |