Upper Pus Dam
| Upper Pus Dam | |
|---|---|
| Official name | Upper Pus (Pus) Dam D01030 |
| Location | Pusad |
| Coordinates | 20°00′21″N 77°27′02″E / 20.0057438°N 77.4506092°E |
| Opening date | 1971 |
| Owner(s) | Government of Maharashtra, India |
| Dam and spillways | |
| Type of dam | Earthfill |
| Impounds | Pus River |
| Height | 42 m (138 ft) |
| Length | 744 m (2,441 ft) |
| Dam volume | 1,980 km3 (480 cu mi) |
| Reservoir | |
| Total capacity | 91,260 km3 (21,890 cu mi) |
| Surface area | 8,953 km2 (3,457 sq mi) |
Upper Pus Dam, also called Pus Dam, 25 km northwest of Pusad city, is an earthfill dam on Pus river in Yavatmal district of Maharashtra state in India. There is another downstream dam 25 km southeast of Pusad city near Mahagaon, called Lower Pus Dam, which was built in 1983. Other nearby dams are Arunawati Dam (40 km north of Pusad) in Digras built in 1994 and Isapur Dam (30 km southwest of Pusad) built in 1982.
Water shortage is an issue in Vidarbha region, in June 2019 Pus dam had zero percent water of its live capacity of 91,000 million litres. Though it rose to 20.67% by 11 August 2019 due to arrival of monsoon.