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.

Weerawila Reservoir

Hambantota

Weerawila reservoir is not releasing water and is 29% full. Irrigation Department, 25 Oct.

Holding

As of 25 Oct · Checked 10 min ago

29%full

6.4 of 13.3 ft

6.9 ft below full

Irrigation Department · 25 Oct

Release now

Not releasing water

Outlet gates 0 cusecs

Irrigation Department · 25 Oct

Rain, day before: 0 mm; Irrigation Department · 25 Oct
Holds when full: ~14 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.

Sat 24
50%
No data

Water depth, % of full supply · Released downstream

Where the water goes

No river gauge of ours is directly below this reservoir.

Photos

Weerawila reservoir
Photo: Chamara Rathnaweera, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Weerawila reservoir, view 2
Photo: CharithMK, 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 Weerawila releasing water?: Weerawila reservoir is not releasing water and is 29% 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.