Reservoir · Maharashtra · India · CWC · UNKNOWN region
Mula
Mula Dam
58.9% of gross capacity
Gross capacity
21.6 TMC (613 MCM)
Live capacity
19.9 TMC (563 MCM)
River
Mula
Basin
Krishna
Primary use
irrigation
Operator
MWRRA
Coordinates
19.217°N, 74.333°E
Last updated
2026-10-22
Capacity in TMC
Mula Dam has a gross capacity of 21.6 TMC (613 MCM), of which 19.9 TMC (563 MCM) is live storage; it is currently at 58.9% of gross capacity, holding 12.7 TMC (359 MCM) (63.8% of live capacity).
- Gross capacity
- 21.6 TMC (613 MCM)
- Live capacity
- 19.9 TMC (563 MCM)
- Current storage
- 12.7 TMC (359 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
58.9%vs 7 days ago
-4.5 pplosing
vs 1 year ago
-41.1 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
↓falling
Drought context
Storage vs October average
65%of normal
58.9% full on 2026-10-22, against an average of 90.0% for October across 4 years of readings (-31.1 points).
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Near normal
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around Mula 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 −0.51). Rain, not storage. India drought figures →
Weekly storage
Fill history — multi-year
About this reservoir
Data source
official
Storage data: CWC. CWC region: UNKNOWN.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 19.217°N, 74.333°E · Open in Google Maps
About Mula Dam
As of October 22, 2026, Mula Dam is filled to 58.9% of its gross capacity, holding 12.7 TMC (359 MCM) of a gross 21.6 TMC (613 MCM). At this level the reservoir is within its normal operating range. Of that total, 19.9 TMC (563 MCM) is live storage.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has fallen by 4.5 percentage points, and it is 41.1 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Mula Dam — 171 data points between June 8, 2023 and October 22, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 7.0% (June 13, 2024) to a high of 100.0% (September 12, 2024). On average the reservoir is fullest around November and at its lowest around June.
It is operated by MWRRA primarily for irrigation. It lies within the Krishna basin at 19.217°N, 74.333°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 58.9% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 12.7 TMC (359 MCM)
- Total capacity
- 21.6 TMC (613 MCM)
- Usable capacity
- 19.9 TMC (563 MCM)
- 7-day change
- ▼ 4.5 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 41.1 pp
- Primary use
- Irrigation
- River
- Mula
- River basin
- Krishna
- Operator
- MWRRA
- Coordinates
- 19.217°N, 74.333°E
- Last updated
- October 22, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Oct 2026 | 58.9% | 359 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 63.4% | 386 |
| 8 Oct 2026 | 68.2% | 415 |
| 1 Oct 2026 | 75.2% | 458 |
| 24 Sep 2026 | 79.1% | 481 |
| 17 Sep 2026 | 83.9% | 511 |
| 10 Sep 2026 | 88.8% | 541 |
| 3 Sep 2026 | 93.1% | 567 |
| 27 Aug 2026 | 96.6% | 588 |
| 20 Aug 2026 | 93.5% | 570 |
| 13 Aug 2026 | 84.5% | 515 |
| 6 Aug 2026 | 80.6% | 491 |