Reservoir · Karnataka · India · CWC · SOUTHERN region
Malaprabha
Malaprabha Dam
40.4% of live capacity
Gross capacity
36.0 TMC (1,018 MCM)
Live capacity
33.8 TMC (957 MCM)
River
Malaprabha
Basin
Krishna
Primary use
irrigation
Operator
KA
Coordinates
15.633°N, 75.042°E
Last updated
2026-10-22
Capacity in TMC
Malaprabha Dam has a gross capacity of 36.0 TMC (1,018 MCM), of which 33.8 TMC (957 MCM) is live storage; it is currently at 40.4% of live capacity, holding 13.9 TMC (393 MCM).
- Gross capacity
- 36.0 TMC (1,018 MCM)
- Live capacity
- 33.8 TMC (957 MCM)
- Current storage
- 13.9 TMC (393 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
40.4%vs 7 days ago
-0.4 pplosing
vs 1 year ago
-59.6 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
→stable
Drought context
Storage vs October average
55%of normal
40.4% full on 2026-10-22, against an average of 73.0% for October across 4 years of readings (-32.6 points).
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Extremely dry
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around Malaprabha 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 −3.23). 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. 15.633°N, 75.042°E · Open in Google Maps
About Malaprabha Dam
As of October 22, 2026, Malaprabha Dam is at 40.4% of useful capacity, holding 13.9 TMC (393 MCM) of 33.8 TMC (957 MCM). Of the gross 36.0 TMC (1,018 MCM), that is 38.6%. At this level the reservoir is within its normal operating range.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (-0.4 pp), and it is 59.6 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Malaprabha Dam — 171 data points between June 8, 2023 and October 22, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 4.5% (July 2, 2026) to a high of 100.0% (September 12, 2024). On average the reservoir is fullest around November and at its lowest around May.
It is operated by KA primarily for irrigation. It lies within the Krishna basin at 15.633°N, 75.042°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 40.4% of useful capacity
- Water stored
- 13.9 TMC (393 MCM)
- Total capacity
- 36.0 TMC (1,018 MCM)
- Usable capacity
- 33.8 TMC (957 MCM)
- 7-day change
- ▼ 0.4 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 59.6 pp
- Primary use
- Irrigation
- River
- Malaprabha
- River basin
- Krishna
- Operator
- KA
- Coordinates
- 15.633°N, 75.042°E
- Last updated
- October 22, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Oct 2026 | 40.4% | 393 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 40.8% | 397 |
| 8 Oct 2026 | 41.2% | 400 |
| 1 Oct 2026 | 41.6% | 404 |
| 24 Sep 2026 | 42.0% | 408 |
| 17 Sep 2026 | 42.4% | 412 |
| 10 Sep 2026 | 42.7% | 415 |
| 3 Sep 2026 | 43.4% | 422 |
| 27 Aug 2026 | 44.8% | 436 |
| 20 Aug 2026 | 43.7% | 424 |
| 13 Aug 2026 | 41.2% | 400 |
| 6 Aug 2026 | 34.2% | 332 |