Reservoir · Andhra Pradesh · India · AP-WRIMS
Velogodu Balancing Reservoir
44.3% of gross capacity
Gross capacity
17.0 TMC (480 MCM)
Live capacity
16.3 TMC (462 MCM)
Basin
Pennar
Operator
AP Water Resources Dept
Coordinates
15.725°N, 78.591°E
Last updated
2026-10-27
Capacity in TMC
Velogodu Balancing Reservoir has a gross capacity of 17.0 TMC (480 MCM), of which 16.3 TMC (462 MCM) is live storage; it is currently at 44.3% of gross capacity, holding 7.5 TMC (212 MCM) (45.9% of live capacity).
- Gross capacity
- 17.0 TMC (480 MCM)
- Live capacity
- 16.3 TMC (462 MCM)
- Current storage
- 7.5 TMC (212 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
44.3%vs 22 Oct 2026
-1.3 pplosing
vs 1 year ago
N/ATrend
↓falling
Drought context
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Severely dry
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around Velogodu Balancing Reservoir had far less rain than normal, a shortfall 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 −1.99). 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. 15.725°N, 78.591°E · Open in Google Maps
About Velogodu Balancing Reservoir
As of October 27, 2026, Velogodu Balancing Reservoir is filled to 44.3% of its gross capacity, holding 7.5 TMC (212 MCM) of a gross 17.0 TMC (480 MCM). At this level the reservoir is within its normal operating range. Of that total, 16.3 TMC (462 MCM) is live storage.
Since October 22, 2026 the fill level has fallen by 1.3 percentage points.
Across the readings we hold for Velogodu Balancing Reservoir — 13 data points between July 2, 2026 and October 27, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 9.7% (August 4, 2026) to a high of 65.6% (September 9, 2026).
It is operated by AP Water Resources Dept. It lies within the Pennar basin at 15.725°N, 78.591°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 44.3% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 7.5 TMC (212 MCM)
- Total capacity
- 17.0 TMC (480 MCM)
- Usable capacity
- 16.3 TMC (462 MCM)
- Change since October 22, 2026
- ▼ 1.3 pp
- River basin
- Pennar
- Operator
- AP Water Resources Dept
- Coordinates
- 15.725°N, 78.591°E
- Last updated
- October 27, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 27 Oct 2026 | 44.3% | 212 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 45.5% | 219 |
| 16 Sep 2026 | 59.7% | 286 |
| 9 Sep 2026 | 65.6% | 315 |
| 2 Sep 2026 | 54.6% | 262 |
| 27 Aug 2026 | 42.8% | 206 |
| 20 Aug 2026 | 27.3% | 131 |
| 13 Aug 2026 | 25.6% | 123 |
| 4 Aug 2026 | 9.7% | 47 |
| 29 Jul 2026 | 10.0% | 48 |
| 22 Jul 2026 | 10.3% | 49 |
| 15 Jul 2026 | 10.6% | 51 |