Reservoir · Karnataka · India · CWC · SOUTHERN region
Mani Dam
49.1% of gross capacity
Gross capacity
31.2 TMC (884 MCM)
Live capacity
31.2 TMC (884 MCM)
Primary use
multiple
Operator
CWC
Coordinates
13.703°N, 75.027°E
Last updated
2026-10-22
Capacity in TMC
Mani Dam has a gross capacity of 31.2 TMC (884 MCM); it is currently at 49.1% of gross capacity, holding 15.3 TMC (434 MCM).
- Gross capacity
- 31.2 TMC (884 MCM)
- Live capacity
- 31.2 TMC (884 MCM)
- Current storage
- 15.3 TMC (434 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
49.1%vs 7 days ago
-1.6 pplosing
vs 1 year ago
-46.1 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
↓falling
Drought context
Storage vs October average
64%of normal
49.1% full on 2026-10-22, against an average of 77.0% for October across 2 years of readings (-27.9 points).
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Extremely dry
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around Mani Dam 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 −2.29). 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. 13.703°N, 75.027°E · Open in Google Maps
About Mani Dam
As of October 22, 2026, Mani Dam is filled to 49.1% of its gross capacity, holding 15.3 TMC (434 MCM) of a gross 31.2 TMC (884 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 1.6 percentage points, and it is 46.1 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Mani Dam — 77 data points between April 3, 2025 and October 22, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 15.7% (June 25, 2026) to a high of 99.6% (September 5, 2025). On average the reservoir is fullest around November and at its lowest around May.
It is operated by CWC primarily for multiple purposes. It is at 13.703°N, 75.027°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 49.1% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 15.3 TMC (434 MCM)
- Total capacity
- 31.2 TMC (884 MCM)
- 7-day change
- ▼ 1.6 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 46.1 pp
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- Operator
- CWC
- Coordinates
- 13.703°N, 75.027°E
- Last updated
- October 22, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Oct 2026 | 49.1% | 434 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 50.8% | 449 |
| 8 Oct 2026 | 52.3% | 463 |
| 1 Oct 2026 | 54.3% | 480 |
| 24 Sep 2026 | 54.4% | 481 |
| 17 Sep 2026 | 55.6% | 491 |
| 10 Sep 2026 | 58.5% | 517 |
| 3 Sep 2026 | 61.0% | 539 |
| 27 Aug 2026 | 58.3% | 516 |
| 20 Aug 2026 | 55.9% | 494 |
| 13 Aug 2026 | 52.5% | 464 |
| 6 Aug 2026 | 46.2% | 408 |