Reservoir · Maharashtra · India · CWC · WESTERN region
Upper Wardha
48.4% of gross capacity
Gross capacity
19.9 TMC (564 MCM)
Live capacity
19.9 TMC (564 MCM)
Primary use
multiple
Operator
CWC
Coordinates
21.275°N, 78.057°E
Last updated
2026-10-22
Capacity in TMC
Upper Wardha Dam has a gross capacity of 19.9 TMC (564 MCM); it is currently at 48.4% of gross capacity, holding 9.6 TMC (273 MCM).
- Gross capacity
- 19.9 TMC (564 MCM)
- Live capacity
- 19.9 TMC (564 MCM)
- Current storage
- 9.6 TMC (273 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
48.4%vs 7 days ago
-4.5 pplosing
vs 1 year ago
-51.6 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
↓falling
Drought context
Storage vs October average
54%of normal
48.4% full on 2026-10-22, against an average of 90.0% for October across 4 years of readings (-41.6 points).
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Moderately dry
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around Upper Wardha had well below normal rain, a shortfall seen about one year in six. Rainfall compared with the long-run record for the same season at this point (Copernicus Global Drought Observatory, SPI-3 index −1.19). 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. 21.275°N, 78.057°E · Open in Google Maps
About Upper Wardha
As of October 22, 2026, Upper Wardha is filled to 48.4% of its gross capacity, holding 9.6 TMC (273 MCM) of a gross 19.9 TMC (564 MCM). At this level the reservoir is within its normal operating range.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has fallen by 4.5 percentage points, and it is 51.6 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Upper Wardha — 171 data points between June 8, 2023 and October 22, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 42.0% (June 22, 2023) to a high of 100.0% (September 21, 2023). 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 21.275°N, 78.057°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 48.4% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 9.6 TMC (273 MCM)
- Total capacity
- 19.9 TMC (564 MCM)
- 7-day change
- ▼ 4.5 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 51.6 pp
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- Operator
- CWC
- Coordinates
- 21.275°N, 78.057°E
- Last updated
- October 22, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Oct 2026 | 48.4% | 273 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 52.9% | 298 |
| 8 Oct 2026 | 57.2% | 323 |
| 1 Oct 2026 | 58.9% | 332 |
| 24 Sep 2026 | 59.0% | 333 |
| 17 Sep 2026 | 59.0% | 332 |
| 10 Sep 2026 | 57.3% | 323 |
| 3 Sep 2026 | 57.1% | 322 |
| 27 Aug 2026 | 56.9% | 321 |
| 20 Aug 2026 | 56.6% | 319 |
| 13 Aug 2026 | 56.4% | 318 |
| 6 Aug 2026 | 56.0% | 316 |