Reservoir · Telangana · India · CWC · UNKNOWN region
Musi Project
57.7% of gross capacity
Gross capacity
4.3 TMC (123 MCM)
Live capacity
4.3 TMC (123 MCM)
Primary use
multiple
Operator
CWC
Coordinates
17.233°N, 79.519°E
Last updated
2026-10-22
Capacity in TMC
Musi Project Dam has a gross capacity of 4.3 TMC (123 MCM); it is currently at 57.7% of gross capacity, holding 2.5 TMC (71 MCM).
- Gross capacity
- 4.3 TMC (123 MCM)
- Live capacity
- 4.3 TMC (123 MCM)
- Current storage
- 2.5 TMC (71 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
57.7%vs 7 days ago
-8.1 pplosing
vs 1 year ago
-39.8 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
↓falling
Drought context
Storage vs October average
64%of normal
57.7% full on 2026-10-22, against an average of 90.0% for October across 4 years of readings (-32.3 points).
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Extremely dry
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around Musi Project 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 −2.41). 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. 17.233°N, 79.519°E · Open in Google Maps
About Musi Project
As of October 22, 2026, Musi Project is filled to 57.7% of its gross capacity, holding 2.5 TMC (71 MCM) of a gross 4.3 TMC (123 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 8.1 percentage points, and it is 39.8 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Musi Project — 159 data points between August 31, 2023 and October 22, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 7.0% (April 4, 2024) to a high of 99.0% (November 2, 2023). On average the reservoir is fullest around November and at its lowest around April.
It is operated by CWC primarily for multiple purposes. It is at 17.233°N, 79.519°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 57.7% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 2.5 TMC (71 MCM)
- Total capacity
- 4.3 TMC (123 MCM)
- 7-day change
- ▼ 8.1 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 39.8 pp
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- Operator
- CWC
- Coordinates
- 17.233°N, 79.519°E
- Last updated
- October 22, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Oct 2026 | 57.7% | 71 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 65.8% | 81 |
| 8 Oct 2026 | 74.8% | 92 |
| 1 Oct 2026 | 82.1% | 101 |
| 24 Sep 2026 | 74.8% | 92 |
| 17 Sep 2026 | 73.2% | 90 |
| 10 Sep 2026 | 52.0% | 64 |
| 3 Sep 2026 | 53.7% | 66 |
| 27 Aug 2026 | 62.6% | 77 |
| 20 Aug 2026 | 69.9% | 86 |
| 13 Aug 2026 | 71.5% | 88 |
| 6 Aug 2026 | 64.2% | 79 |