The Tarbela Dam reservoir has now reached its maximum conservation level of 1,550 feet, according to an official statement from the Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) on Thursday. This marks the reservoir being completely filled with a live storage of 5.7268 million-acre-feet (MAF), achieving 100% of its capacity.
At Tarbela, the inflow of water from the Indus River has been measured at 268,300 cusecs, while the outflow has been recorded at 238,900 cusecs. Meanwhile, the Mangla Dam reservoir has reached 1,217.45 feet, which is 74.52% of its full capacity of 1,242 feet, with a current storage of 5.423 MAF. The Jhelum River inflow at Mangla has been recorded at 38,600 cusecs against an outflow of 7,000 cusecs.
At Chashma Barrage, the Indus River inflow has been reported at 403,500 cusecs with an outflow of 351,600 cusecs. The storage at Chashma stands at 0.094 MAF. According to Wapda, the combined average water storage across all major reservoirs in the country currently stands at 11.245 MAF.
The Indus River is witnessing high flood conditions at Guddu, medium flooding at Taunsa and Sukkur barrages, and low flood levels at Kalabagh and Chashma. However, downstream at Kotri Barrage, the river remains below low flood levels.
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With the Tarbela Dam reservoir at full capacity and other dams also storing significant levels of water, Pakistan’s overall water reserves have improved notably this season.
