Water Resource Estimation

Water resources in the country: As per the assessment done by CWC in the year 2019, the average annual water resource of the river basins of India for the study period of 30 years (1985-2015) has been assessed as 1999.20 BCM. The mean annual rainfall of the basins for the study period of 30 years is 3880 BCM.

It is estimated that owing to topographic, hydrological and other constraints, the utilizable water with conventional approach is 1137 BCM which comprises of 690 BCM of surface water and 447 BCM of replenishable ground water resources.

Page last updated: 10-07-2019

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The total water available in live storage of 100 reservoirs in the country being monitored by CWC was 54.258 BCM as on 01.08.2019.This is 33% of the total live storage capacity of these reservoirs and 80% of storage of average of last ten years : ..Read More

01/08/2019

Revised Draft Concept Note on "Premissible Velocity in Concrete Lined Water Condutor System (Head Race Tunnel) Conveying Water for Power Generation ( Comments may be sent latest by 15th July 2019) : Click here ..Read More

02/07/2019

5th meeting of Program Implementation Review Committee(PIRC) for CADWM, Mount Abu, 30 May 2019- chaired by Member (WP&P), CWC. Commissioner (CAD) MoWR, RD & GR, 12 Regional offices of CWC and 17 States and others participated in it.

04/06/2019

3rd Meeting of Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA) was held on 28 May 2019 under the Chairmanship of Sh. S.Masood Husain, Chairman, CWMA & CWC at CWC-HQ, New Delhi.

04/06/2019

User Manual For Uploading Publication/Flood Forecast on CWC website.Click here.

31/05/2019

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