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.

Sorabora Reservoir

Badulla

Sorabora reservoir is not releasing water and is 59% full. Irrigation Department, 26 Oct.

Holding

As of 26 Oct · Checked 7 min ago

59%full

15.8 of 21.7 ft

5.9 ft below full

Level +0.07 m since 23 Oct.

Mahaweli Authority: 68% (26 Oct)

Irrigation Department · 26 Oct

Release now

Not releasing water

Outlet gates 0 cusecs

Irrigation Department · 26 Oct

Rain, day before: No data
Holds when full: ~21 million m³; Irrigation Department · 26 Oct
Source: Irrigation Department · 26 Oct Mahaweli Authority · 26 Oct

Recent days

Water depth, % of full supply
Released downstream · Release (cusecs)

Where the water goes

No river gauge of ours is directly below this reservoir.

Photos

Sorabora reservoir
Photo: Samithepa, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Sorabora reservoir, view 2
Photo: Mohamed Milhan Hafsa, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Sorabora reservoir, view 3
Photo: Mohamed Milhan Hafsa, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Sorabora reservoir, view 4
Photo: PiyaJ, 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 Sorabora releasing water?: Sorabora reservoir is not releasing water and is 59% 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.