Reservoir · South Australia · Australia · BOM Water Data Online
Barossa
93.9% full
Capacity
4.4 hm³
Volume stored
4 hm³
River
Off-stream
Year completed
1902
Coordinates
34.652°S, 138.848°E
Last updated
2026-09-05
Current fill
93.9%vs 7 days ago
-0.1%losing
vs 1 year ago
+0.7%year-over-year
7-day trend
→stable
Data source: Bureau of Meteorology — Water Data Online (KiWIS) — daily mean storage volume, quality-controlled. Capacity from the BOM Water Storages ArcGIS layer (total design capacity in ML). Last reading: 2026-09-05.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
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About Barossa
As of September 5, 2026, Barossa is filled to 93.9% of its total capacity, holding roughly 4 hm³ of water out of a maximum 4 hm³. At this level the reservoir is high.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (-0.1 pts), and it sits close to where it was a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Barossa — 1090 data points between September 11, 2023 and September 5, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 84.6% (June 12, 2026) to a high of 95.9% (August 10, 2026). On average the reservoir is fullest around July and at its lowest around June.
The dam at Barossa was completed in 1902. It is operated by BOM primarily for water supply. It lies within the Off-stream Basin basin at 34.652°S, 138.848°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 93.9%
- Water stored
- 4 hm³
- Total capacity
- 4 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▼ 0.1 pts
- Year-on-year
- ▲ 0.7 pts
- Primary use
- Water supply
- River
- Off-stream
- River basin
- Off-stream Basin
- Year completed
- 1902
- Operator
- BOM
- Coordinates
- 34.652°S, 138.848°E
- Last updated
- September 5, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 5 Sep 2026 | 93.9% | 4 |
| 4 Sep 2026 | 94.4% | 4 |
| 3 Sep 2026 | 94.8% | 4 |
| 2 Sep 2026 | 95.0% | 4 |
| 1 Sep 2026 | 95.0% | 4 |
| 31 Aug 2026 | 94.7% | 4 |
| 30 Aug 2026 | 94.3% | 4 |
| 29 Aug 2026 | 94.0% | 4 |
| 28 Aug 2026 | 93.6% | 4 |
| 27 Aug 2026 | 93.7% | 4 |
| 26 Aug 2026 | 94.1% | 4 |
| 25 Aug 2026 | 93.9% | 4 |