Hyderabad - TG

Days of Water Left

Updated 14 Aug 2026
276 days
days remaining
At a draw of 2,628 MLD:276 days

Storage divided by the current net draw. These lakes publish no inflow readings; the storage record fell 296 mcft/day over the last 7 days.

Reservoir storage: 25,665 / 59,130 mcft43.4%
On this day in 2025: 44,544 mcft(worse today)

What we found in Hyderabad

All 30findings, with sources →
Governance & finance
0.00% to 6.54%
twin-reservoir share of city draw, 2018 to 2026
GO 111 was repealed because the city 'no longer depends' on the twin reservoirs. It depends on them more each year.
Water bodies
1,626 of 2,978
lakes without a final FTL notification (54.6%)
More than half of the region's gazetted lakes have no legally settled boundary
Equity
340,037
tanker bookings in Madhapur, Kondapur and Hafeezpet alone, Jan 2022 to Feb 2024
Hyderabad's tanker dependence is concentrated in its richest, newest neighbourhoods
Supply & sources
1,117 to 2,636
MLD, mean daily draw 2014 to 2026
The city's daily draw has more than doubled in twelve years
Flood
0 of 96
nalas with any encroachment recorded
The city publishes a field for nala encroachments and leaves it empty
Groundwater
98.32%
stage of groundwater extraction, Hyderabad district, 2025
Telangana has 33 districts. Exactly one is Critical for groundwater, and it is Hyderabad.

Reservoir Status

Osman Sagar

68.6%
2,412mcft
of 3,518 mcft capacity
In: no dataOut: no data

Himayat Sagar

100.0%
2,703mcft
of 2,521 mcft capacity
In: no dataOut: no data

Singur

14.5%
4,329mcft
of 29,917 mcft capacity
In: no dataOut: no data

Manjira

39.1%
587mcft
of 1,500 mcft capacity
In: no dataOut: no data

Akkampally (Krishna)

55.2%
828mcft
of 1,499 mcft capacity
In: no dataOut: no data

Sripada Yellampally (Godavari)

73.4%
14,806mcft
of 20,175 mcft capacity
In: no dataOut: no data

Nagarjuna Sagar

—
of 3,12,045 mcft capacity

HMWSSB publishes this level daily, but Nagarjuna Sagar is a parent Krishna storage reported for context, not a city source: it records a city draw of 0 MLD. Its level is the real constraint on Akkampally, which is why it is listed here.

Srisailam

—
of 2,15,807 mcft capacity

HMWSSB publishes this level daily, but Srisailam is a parent Krishna storage reported for context, not a city source: it records a city draw of 0 MLD. Its level is the real constraint on Akkampally, which is why it is listed here.

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Groundwater

CGWB block exploitation, CGWB Year Book station overlay.

Water bodies

OSM polygons, restoration priority badges.

Tanker market

HMWSSB's own tanker ledger - monthly bookings and deliveries by division and section.

About this dashboard

Methodology, data sources, water sources tracked, and the data gaps we're honest about.

Methodology: Reservoir levels for Hyderabad from HMWSSB. Daily consumption assumptions (~2628 MLD demand) are starting points; the sliders above let you substitute your own. See theAbout pagefor the full data-source index and methodology.