Reservoir · Maharashtra · India · CWC · WESTERN region
Upper Vaitarna
Upper Vaitarna Dam
96.8% full
Gross capacity
16.1 TMC (455 MCM)
Live capacity
14.9 TMC (423 MCM)
River
Vaitarna
Basin
West Flowing
Primary use
water supply
Operator
MCGM
Coordinates
19.833°N, 73.617°E
Last updated
2026-10-22
Capacity in TMC
Upper Vaitarna Dam has a gross capacity of 16.1 TMC (455 MCM), of which 14.9 TMC (423 MCM) is live storage; it is currently at 96.8% full, holding 11.3 TMC (321 MCM).
- Gross capacity
- 16.1 TMC (455 MCM)
- Live capacity
- 14.9 TMC (423 MCM)
- Current storage
- 11.3 TMC (321 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
96.8%vs 7 days ago
-0.7 pplosing
vs 1 year ago
-3.2 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
→stable
Drought context
Storage vs October average
98%of normal
96.8% full on 2026-10-22, against an average of 99.0% for October across 2 years of readings (-2.2 points).
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Near normal
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around Upper Vaitarna 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 +0.43). Rain, not storage. India drought figures →
Weekly storage
Fill history — multi-year
About this reservoir
Data source
official
Storage data: CWC. CWC region: WESTERN.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 19.833°N, 73.617°E · Open in Google Maps
About Upper Vaitarna Dam
As of October 22, 2026, Upper Vaitarna Dam has a published fill of 96.8%, holding 11.3 TMC (321 MCM). Gross capacity is 16.1 TMC (455 MCM). At this level the reservoir is high. Of that total, 14.9 TMC (423 MCM) is live storage.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (-0.7 pp), and it is 3.2 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Upper Vaitarna Dam — 77 data points between April 3, 2025 and October 22, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 26.2% (July 2, 2026) 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 MCGM primarily for water supply. It lies within the West Flowing basin at 19.833°N, 73.617°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 96.8%
- Water stored
- 11.3 TMC (321 MCM)
- Total capacity
- 16.1 TMC (455 MCM)
- Usable capacity
- 14.9 TMC (423 MCM)
- 7-day change
- ▼ 0.7 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 3.2 pp
- Primary use
- Water supply
- River
- Vaitarna
- River basin
- West Flowing
- Operator
- MCGM
- Coordinates
- 19.833°N, 73.617°E
- Last updated
- October 22, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Oct 2026 | 96.8% | 321 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 97.5% | 323 |
| 8 Oct 2026 | 97.9% | 324 |
| 1 Oct 2026 | 98.0% | 325 |
| 24 Sep 2026 | 98.0% | 325 |
| 17 Sep 2026 | 96.4% | 319 |
| 10 Sep 2026 | 94.8% | 314 |
| 3 Sep 2026 | 93.2% | 309 |
| 27 Aug 2026 | 92.9% | 308 |
| 20 Aug 2026 | 91.1% | 302 |
| 13 Aug 2026 | 87.3% | 289 |
| 6 Aug 2026 | 85.8% | 284 |