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.

Kantale Reservoir

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Kantale reservoir is not releasing water and is 48% full. Irrigation Department, 26 Oct.

Holding

As of 26 Oct · Checked 6 min ago

Kantale Reservoir: Kantale dam — Photo: Raveendran Mathusha, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

48%full

26.4 of 38.8 ft

12.4 ft below full

Mahaweli Authority: 46% (23 Oct)

Irrigation Department · 26 Oct

Release now

Not releasing water

Outlet gates 0 cusecs

Irrigation Department · 26 Oct

Rain, day before: 24.6 mm; Irrigation Department · 26 Oct
Holds when full: ~141 million m³; Irrigation Department · 26 Oct
Source: Irrigation Department · 26 Oct Mahaweli Authority · 23 Oct

Recent days

Where the water goes

No river gauge of ours is directly below this reservoir.

Photos

Kantale dam
Photo: Raveendran Mathusha, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Kantale reservoir, view 2
Photo: Fazulrahman2020, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Kantale reservoir, view 3
Photo: Blitzzad, 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 Kantale releasing water?: Kantale reservoir is not releasing water and is 48% full. Irrigation Department, 26 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.