Reservoir · Maharashtra · India · CWC · WESTERN region
Mulshi
Mulshi Dam
75.6% of live capacity
Gross capacity
19.6 TMC (555 MCM)
Live capacity
18.5 TMC (524 MCM)
River
Mula
Basin
Krishna
Primary use
hydropower
Operator
TATA
Coordinates
18.500°N, 73.517°E
Last updated
2026-10-22
Capacity in TMC
Mulshi Dam has a gross capacity of 19.6 TMC (555 MCM), of which 18.5 TMC (524 MCM) is live storage; it is currently at 75.6% of live capacity, holding 15.3 TMC (433 MCM), a figure that includes 31 MCM of dead storage.
- Gross capacity
- 19.6 TMC (555 MCM)
- Live capacity
- 18.5 TMC (524 MCM)
- Current storage
- 15.3 TMC (433 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
75.6%vs 7 days ago
-3.7 pplosing
vs 1 year ago
-19.8 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
↓falling
Drought context
Storage vs October average
84%of normal
75.6% full on 2026-10-22, against an average of 90.0% for October across 2 years of readings (-14.4 points).
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Moderately dry
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around Mulshi had well below normal rain, a shortfall seen about one year in six. Rainfall compared with the long-run record for the same season at this point (Copernicus Global Drought Observatory, SPI-3 index −1.09). 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. 18.500°N, 73.517°E · Open in Google Maps
About Mulshi Dam
As of October 22, 2026, Mulshi Dam is at 75.6% of live capacity (18.5 TMC (524 MCM)). Stored volume is 15.3 TMC (433 MCM), which includes 31 MCM of dead storage. Gross capacity is 19.6 TMC (555 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 3.7 percentage points, and it is 19.8 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Mulshi Dam — 77 data points between April 3, 2025 and October 22, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 4.0% (April 11, 2025) to a high of 99.4% (August 20, 2026). On average the reservoir is fullest around September and at its lowest around June.
It is operated by TATA primarily for hydroelectric power. It lies within the Krishna basin at 18.500°N, 73.517°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 75.6% of live capacity
- Water stored
- 15.3 TMC (433 MCM)
- Total capacity
- 19.6 TMC (555 MCM)
- Usable capacity
- 18.5 TMC (524 MCM)
- 7-day change
- ▼ 3.7 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 19.8 pp
- Primary use
- Hydroelectric power
- River
- Mula
- River basin
- Krishna
- Operator
- TATA
- Coordinates
- 18.500°N, 73.517°E
- Last updated
- October 22, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Oct 2026 | 75.6% | 433 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 79.4% | 454 |
| 8 Oct 2026 | 83.4% | 477 |
| 1 Oct 2026 | 86.5% | 495 |
| 24 Sep 2026 | 90.2% | 516 |
| 17 Sep 2026 | 92.7% | 530 |
| 10 Sep 2026 | 96.2% | 550 |
| 3 Sep 2026 | 97.7% | 559 |
| 27 Aug 2026 | 98.0% | 561 |
| 20 Aug 2026 | 99.4% | 568 |
| 13 Aug 2026 | 95.5% | 546 |
| 6 Aug 2026 | 90.2% | 516 |