Reservoir · Gujarat · India · CWC · WESTERN region
Machhu-1
Machhu Dam I
56.8% of gross capacity
Gross capacity
2.5 TMC (71 MCM)
Live capacity
2.5 TMC (71 MCM)
River
Machhu
Basin
West Flowing
Primary use
irrigation
Operator
GUJARAT
Coordinates
22.468°N, 70.970°E
Last updated
2026-10-22
Capacity in TMC
Machhu-1 Dam has a gross capacity of 2.5 TMC (71 MCM); it is currently at 56.8% of gross capacity, holding 1.4 TMC (40 MCM).
- Gross capacity
- 2.5 TMC (71 MCM)
- Live capacity
- 2.5 TMC (71 MCM)
- Current storage
- 1.4 TMC (40 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
56.8%vs 7 days ago
-1.2 pplosing
vs 1 year ago
-40.4 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
↓falling
Drought context
Storage vs October average
66%of normal
56.8% full on 2026-10-22, against an average of 86.0% for October across 4 years of readings (-29.2 points).
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Near normal
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around Machhu-1 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 +0.38). 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. 22.468°N, 70.970°E · Open in Google Maps
About Machhu Dam I
As of October 22, 2026, Machhu Dam I is filled to 56.8% of its gross capacity, holding 1.4 TMC (40 MCM) of a gross 2.5 TMC (71 MCM). At this level the reservoir is within its normal operating range.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has fallen by 1.2 percentage points, and it is 40.4 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Machhu Dam I — 171 data points between June 8, 2023 and October 22, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 7.0% (June 27, 2024) to a high of 97.2% (September 11, 2025). On average the reservoir is fullest around November and at its lowest around June.
It is operated by GUJARAT primarily for irrigation. It lies within the West Flowing basin at 22.468°N, 70.970°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 56.8% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 1.4 TMC (40 MCM)
- Total capacity
- 2.5 TMC (71 MCM)
- 7-day change
- ▼ 1.2 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 40.4 pp
- Primary use
- Irrigation
- River
- Machhu
- River basin
- West Flowing
- Operator
- GUJARAT
- Coordinates
- 22.468°N, 70.970°E
- Last updated
- October 22, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Oct 2026 | 56.8% | 40 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 58.0% | 41 |
| 8 Oct 2026 | 58.9% | 42 |
| 1 Oct 2026 | 60.3% | 43 |
| 24 Sep 2026 | 60.8% | 43 |
| 17 Sep 2026 | 59.5% | 42 |
| 10 Sep 2026 | 97.1% | 69 |
| 3 Sep 2026 | 59.5% | 42 |
| 27 Aug 2026 | 60.0% | 43 |
| 20 Aug 2026 | 59.2% | 42 |
| 13 Aug 2026 | 56.6% | 40 |
| 6 Aug 2026 | 52.5% | 37 |