Reservoir · Andhra Pradesh · India · AP-WRIMS
Sarvaraja Sagar
26.5% of gross capacity
Gross capacity
1.1 TMC (30.016 MCM)
Live capacity
0.76 TMC (21.521 MCM)
Basin
Pennar
Operator
AP Water Resources Dept
Coordinates
14.535°N, 78.456°E
Last updated
2026-10-28
Capacity in TMC
Sarvaraja Sagar has a gross capacity of 1.1 TMC (30.016 MCM), of which 0.76 TMC (21.521 MCM) is live storage; it is currently at 26.5% of gross capacity, holding 0.28 TMC (7.957 MCM) (37.0% of live capacity).
- Gross capacity
- 1.1 TMC (30.016 MCM)
- Live capacity
- 0.76 TMC (21.521 MCM)
- Current storage
- 0.28 TMC (7.957 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 AP-WRIMS, which publishes million cubic metres. The percentage is labelled live or gross only when the stored volume matches that capacity.
Current fill
26.5%vs 22 Oct 2026
0.0 ppstable
vs 1 year ago
N/ATrend
→stable
Drought context
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Extremely dry
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around Sarvaraja Sagar 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 −2.22). Rain, not storage. India drought figures →
Weekly storage
Fill history — multi-year
About this reservoir
Data source
official
Storage data: AP-WRIMS.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 14.535°N, 78.456°E · Open in Google Maps
About Sarvaraja Sagar
As of October 28, 2026, Sarvaraja Sagar is filled to 26.5% of its gross capacity, holding 0.28 TMC (7.957 MCM) of a gross 1.1 TMC (30.016 MCM). At this level the reservoir is low. Of that total, 0.76 TMC (21.521 MCM) is live storage.
Since October 22, 2026 the fill level has held broadly steady (+0.0 pp).
Across the readings we hold for Sarvaraja Sagar — 14 data points between July 2, 2026 and October 28, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 26.5% (October 22, 2026) to a high of 51.8% (July 15, 2026).
It is operated by AP Water Resources Dept. It lies within the Pennar basin at 14.535°N, 78.456°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 26.5% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 0.28 TMC (7.957 MCM)
- Total capacity
- 1.1 TMC (30.016 MCM)
- Usable capacity
- 0.76 TMC (21.521 MCM)
- Change since October 22, 2026
- No change
- River basin
- Pennar
- Operator
- AP Water Resources Dept
- Coordinates
- 14.535°N, 78.456°E
- Last updated
- October 28, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 28 Oct 2026 | 26.5% | 7.957 |
| 27 Oct 2026 | 26.5% | 8 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 26.5% | 8 |
| 16 Sep 2026 | 27.5% | 8 |
| 9 Sep 2026 | 27.7% | 8 |
| 2 Sep 2026 | 28.0% | 8 |
| 27 Aug 2026 | 29.8% | 9 |
| 20 Aug 2026 | 32.6% | 10 |
| 13 Aug 2026 | 35.5% | 11 |
| 4 Aug 2026 | 39.2% | 12 |
| 29 Jul 2026 | 41.6% | 12 |
| 22 Jul 2026 | 43.5% | 13 |