Reservoir · Gujarat · India · CWC · UNKNOWN region
Sabarmati
47.4% of gross capacity
Gross capacity
26.0 TMC (735 MCM)
Live capacity
26.0 TMC (735 MCM)
Primary use
multiple
Operator
CWC
Coordinates
24.004°N, 72.854°E
Last updated
2026-10-22
Capacity in TMC
Sabarmati Dam has a gross capacity of 26.0 TMC (735 MCM); it is currently at 47.4% of gross capacity, holding 12.3 TMC (348 MCM).
- Gross capacity
- 26.0 TMC (735 MCM)
- Live capacity
- 26.0 TMC (735 MCM)
- Current storage
- 12.3 TMC (348 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
47.4%vs 7 days ago
-0.8 pplosing
vs 1 year ago
-52.6 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
→stable
Drought context
Storage vs October average
62%of normal
47.4% full on 2026-10-22, against an average of 77.0% for October across 2 years of readings (-29.6 points).
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Near normal
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around Sabarmati had rain close to normal for the season. Rainfall compared with the long-run record for the same season at this point (Copernicus Global Drought Observatory, SPI-3 index −0.30). 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. 24.004°N, 72.854°E · Open in Google Maps
About Sabarmati
As of October 22, 2026, Sabarmati is filled to 47.4% of its gross capacity, holding 12.3 TMC (348 MCM) of a gross 26.0 TMC (735 MCM). At this level the reservoir is within its normal operating range.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (-0.8 pp), and it is 52.6 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Sabarmati — 89 data points between June 8, 2023 and October 22, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 33.1% (June 19, 2025) to a high of 100.0% (October 9, 2025). On average the reservoir is fullest around November and at its lowest around June.
It is operated by CWC primarily for multiple purposes. It is at 24.004°N, 72.854°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 47.4% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 12.3 TMC (348 MCM)
- Total capacity
- 26.0 TMC (735 MCM)
- 7-day change
- ▼ 0.8 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 52.6 pp
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- Operator
- CWC
- Coordinates
- 24.004°N, 72.854°E
- Last updated
- October 22, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Oct 2026 | 47.4% | 348 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 48.1% | 354 |
| 8 Oct 2026 | 48.9% | 359 |
| 1 Oct 2026 | 49.4% | 363 |
| 24 Sep 2026 | 49.6% | 365 |
| 17 Sep 2026 | 48.0% | 353 |
| 10 Sep 2026 | 47.7% | 350 |
| 3 Sep 2026 | 48.1% | 354 |
| 27 Aug 2026 | 48.5% | 357 |
| 20 Aug 2026 | 48.6% | 357 |
| 13 Aug 2026 | 45.4% | 334 |
| 6 Aug 2026 | 44.1% | 324 |