Reservoir · Odisha · India · CWC · EASTERN region
Rengali
Rengali Dam
93.1% full
Gross capacity
139.7 TMC (3,956 MCM)
Live capacity
88.2 TMC (2,498 MCM)
River
Brahmani
Basin
Brahmani
Primary use
multiple
Operator
ODISHA
Coordinates
21.141°N, 85.383°E
Last updated
2026-09-24
Capacity in TMC
Rengali Dam has a gross capacity of 139.7 TMC (3,956 MCM), of which 88.2 TMC (2,498 MCM) is live storage; it is currently at 93% full, holding 112.8 TMC (3,194 MCM).
- Gross capacity
- 139.7 TMC (3,956 MCM)
- Live capacity
- 88.2 TMC (2,498 MCM)
- Current storage
- 112.8 TMC (3,194 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 the Central Water Commission bulletin, which publishes million cubic metres.
Current fill
93.1%vs 7 days ago
-0.7%losing
vs 1 year ago
-6.8%year-over-year
7-day trend
→stable
Drought context
Storage vs September average
111%of normal
93.1% full on 2026-09-24, against an average of 84.0% for September across 4 years of readings (+9.1 points).
Rain over the last three months · 21 September 2026
Extremely wet
In the three months to 21 September 2026 the area around Rengali had exceptionally wet, 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 +2.56). Rain, not storage. India drought figures →
Weekly storage
Fill history — multi-year
About this reservoir
Data source
official
Storage data: CWC (Central Water Commission) Weekly Storage Bulletin, India. CWC region: EASTERN.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 21.141, 85.383 · Open in Google Maps
About Rengali Dam
As of September 24, 2026, Rengali Dam is filled to 93.1% of its total capacity, holding 112.8 TMC (3,194 MCM) of a gross 139.7 TMC (3,956 MCM). At this level the reservoir is high. Of that total, 88.2 TMC (2,498 MCM) is live storage.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (-0.7 pts), and it is 6.8 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Rengali Dam — 167 data points between June 8, 2023 and September 24, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 0.4% (July 2, 2026) to a high of 100.0% (October 12, 2023). On average the reservoir is fullest around October and at its lowest around June.
It is operated by ODISHA primarily for multiple purposes. It lies within the Brahmani basin at 21.141°N, 85.383°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 93.1%
- Water stored
- 112.8 TMC (3,194 MCM)
- Total capacity
- 139.7 TMC (3,956 MCM)
- Usable capacity
- 88.2 TMC (2,498 MCM)
- 7-day change
- ▼ 0.7 pts
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 6.8 pts
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- River
- Brahmani
- River basin
- Brahmani
- Operator
- ODISHA
- Coordinates
- 21.141°N, 85.383°E
- Last updated
- September 24, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 24 Sep 2026 | 93.1% | 3,194 |
| 17 Sep 2026 | 93.7% | 3,217 |
| 10 Sep 2026 | 89.7% | 3,079 |
| 3 Sep 2026 | 91.8% | 3,151 |
| 27 Aug 2026 | 86.4% | 2,964 |
| 20 Aug 2026 | 96.3% | 3,306 |
| 13 Aug 2026 | 88.5% | 3,037 |
| 6 Aug 2026 | 82.8% | 2,843 |
| 30 Jul 2026 | 66.0% | 2,266 |
| 23 Jul 2026 | 31.3% | 1,074 |
| 16 Jul 2026 | 15.8% | 544 |
| 9 Jul 2026 | 5.6% | 193 |