Where does the reservoir information come from?

From the Irrigation Department's daily reservoir sheet and the Mahaweli Authority's daily report. Both update about once a day, so check the date shown. This site is independent: for spill-gate warnings follow the Disaster Management Centre and call 117.

Sri Lanka Water LevelsLive river-gauge readings

Kande Ela Reservoir

Nuwara Eliya

Kande Ela reservoir is spilling about cusecs and is 99% full. Irrigation Department, 25 Oct.

Spilling

As of 25 Oct · Checked 3 min ago

99%full

27.6 of 27.5 ft

0.1 ft above full

Irrigation Department · 25 Oct

Release now

Spilling · no figure published

Irrigation Department · 25 Oct

Rain, day before: 0 mm; Irrigation Department · 25 Oct
Holds when full: ~2.2 million m³; Irrigation Department · 25 Oct
Source: Irrigation Department · 25 Oct

Recent days

History starts 23 Oct. The trend chart appears after 3 days, check back.

Fri 23
101%
No data
Sat 24
100%
No data

Water depth, % of full supply · Released downstream

Where the water goes

No river gauge of ours is directly below this reservoir.

Photos

Kande Ela reservoir
Photo: Cherubino, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Kande Ela reservoir, view 2
Photo: Cherubino, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Kande Ela reservoir, view 3
Photo: Cherubino, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Kande Ela reservoir, view 4
Photo: Sendaru Perera, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Figures from the daily Irrigation Department and Mahaweli Authority reports. A blank there shows here as “no data”, never zero.

Common questions

Is Kande Ela releasing water?: Kande Ela reservoir is spilling about cusecs and is 99% full. Irrigation Department, 25 Oct.
Where does the reservoir information come from?: From the Irrigation Department's daily reservoir sheet and the Mahaweli Authority's daily report. Both update about once a day, so check the date shown. This site is independent: for spill-gate warnings follow the Disaster Management Centre and call 117.