Reservoir · Odisha · India · CWC · EASTERN region
Rengali
Rengali Dam
88.5% full
Gross capacity
139.7 TMC (3,956 MCM)
Live capacity
88.2 TMC (2,498 MCM)
Basin
Brahmani
Primary use
multiple
Operator
ODISHA
Coordinates
21.141°N, 85.383°E
Last updated
2026-10-22
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 88.5% full, holding 107.3 TMC (3,037 MCM).
- Gross capacity
- 139.7 TMC (3,956 MCM)
- Live capacity
- 88.2 TMC (2,498 MCM)
- Current storage
- 107.3 TMC (3,037 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
88.5%vs 7 days ago
-7.0 pplosing
vs 1 year ago
-7.0 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
↓falling
Drought context
Storage vs October average
92%of normal
88.5% full on 2026-10-22, against an average of 96.0% for October across 4 years of readings (-7.5 points).
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Very wet
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around Rengali had much more rain than normal, seen about one year in fifteen. Rainfall compared with the long-run record for the same season at this point (Copernicus Global Drought Observatory, SPI-3 index +1.71). Rain, not storage. India drought figures →
Weekly storage
Fill history — multi-year
About this reservoir
Data source
official
Storage data: CWC. 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°N, 85.383°E · Open in Google Maps
About Rengali Dam
As of October 22, 2026, Rengali Dam has a published fill of 88.5%, holding 107.3 TMC (3,037 MCM). Gross capacity is 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 fallen by 7.0 percentage points, and it is 7.0 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Rengali Dam — 171 data points between June 8, 2023 and October 22, 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
- 88.5%
- Water stored
- 107.3 TMC (3,037 MCM)
- Total capacity
- 139.7 TMC (3,956 MCM)
- Usable capacity
- 88.2 TMC (2,498 MCM)
- 7-day change
- ▼ 7.0 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 7.0 pp
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- River basin
- Brahmani
- Operator
- ODISHA
- Coordinates
- 21.141°N, 85.383°E
- Last updated
- October 22, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Oct 2026 | 88.5% | 3,037 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 95.5% | 3,276 |
| 8 Oct 2026 | 100.0% | 3,432 |
| 1 Oct 2026 | 100.0% | 3,432 |
| 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 |