Water levels in main reservoirs plummet to 23% nationwide, 77% below last year's figures: CWC

According to Central Water Commission (CWC) data, the water level in the country’s 150 main reservoirs has dropped to 23 per cent, which is 77 per cent less than the levels recorded at the same time last year.

Last week, these reservoirs had a live storage level of 24 per cent.

Currently, the storage is only 77 per cent of last year’s levels and 94 per cent of the normal storage, according to the CWC.

In its latest weekly bulletin released on Friday, the commission reported that “the total live storage available is 41.705 billion cubic metres (BCM), equating to 23 per cent of the total capacity.”

“This is a significant decrease from the 53.832 BCM recorded during the same period last year and the normal storage level of 44.511 BCM. Consequently, the current storage is only 77 per cent of last year’s levels and 94 per cent of the normal storage,” the commission added.

The 150 main reservoirs monitored by the CWC have a combined live storage capacity of 178.784 BCM, which is about 69.35 per cent of the total storage capacity created in the country.