Reservoir · Maharashtra · India · CWC · UNKNOWN region
Panshet
Panshet Dam
81.2% of gross capacity
Gross capacity
10.8 TMC (307 MCM)
Live capacity
9.6 TMC (272 MCM)
River
Ambi
Basin
Krishna
Primary use
water supply
Operator
PMRDA
Coordinates
18.350°N, 73.717°E
Last updated
2026-10-22
Capacity in TMC
Panshet Dam has a gross capacity of 10.8 TMC (307 MCM), of which 9.6 TMC (272 MCM) is live storage; it is currently at 81.2% of gross capacity, holding 8.7 TMC (245 MCM) (90.1% of live capacity).
- Gross capacity
- 10.8 TMC (307 MCM)
- Live capacity
- 9.6 TMC (272 MCM)
- Current storage
- 8.7 TMC (245 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
81.2%vs 7 days ago
-7.1 pplosing
vs 1 year ago
-18.8 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
↓falling
Drought context
Storage vs October average
85%of normal
81.2% full on 2026-10-22, against an average of 96.0% for October across 4 years of readings (-14.8 points).
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Moderately dry
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around Panshet 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: UNKNOWN.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 18.350°N, 73.717°E · Open in Google Maps
About Panshet Dam
As of October 22, 2026, Panshet Dam is filled to 81.2% of its gross capacity, holding 8.7 TMC (245 MCM) of a gross 10.8 TMC (307 MCM). At this level the reservoir is high. Of that total, 9.6 TMC (272 MCM) is live storage.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has fallen by 7.1 percentage points, and it is 18.8 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Panshet Dam — 171 data points between June 8, 2023 and October 22, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 5.0% (June 8, 2023) to a high of 100.0% (August 17, 2023). On average the reservoir is fullest around September and at its lowest around June.
It is operated by PMRDA primarily for water supply. It lies within the Krishna basin at 18.350°N, 73.717°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 81.2% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 8.7 TMC (245 MCM)
- Total capacity
- 10.8 TMC (307 MCM)
- Usable capacity
- 9.6 TMC (272 MCM)
- 7-day change
- ▼ 7.1 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 18.8 pp
- Primary use
- Water supply
- River
- Ambi
- River basin
- Krishna
- Operator
- PMRDA
- Coordinates
- 18.350°N, 73.717°E
- Last updated
- October 22, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Oct 2026 | 81.2% | 245 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 88.3% | 267 |
| 8 Oct 2026 | 92.1% | 278 |
| 1 Oct 2026 | 95.9% | 290 |
| 24 Sep 2026 | 99.3% | 300 |
| 17 Sep 2026 | 99.9% | 302 |
| 10 Sep 2026 | 99.9% | 302 |
| 3 Sep 2026 | 99.9% | 302 |
| 27 Aug 2026 | 99.9% | 302 |
| 20 Aug 2026 | 99.9% | 302 |
| 13 Aug 2026 | 99.9% | 302 |
| 6 Aug 2026 | 100.0% | 302 |