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Bjelke-Petersen
94.7% full
Capacity
134.9 hm³
Volume stored
128 hm³
River
Barker Creek
Year completed
1988
Coordinates
26.375°S, 152.006°E
Last updated
2026-09-09
Current fill
94.7%vs 7 days ago
-0.6%losing
vs 1 year ago
-5.2%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: 2026-09-09.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
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About Bjelke-Petersen
As of September 9, 2026, Bjelke-Petersen is filled to 94.7% of its total capacity, holding roughly 128 hm³ of water out of a maximum 135 hm³. At this level the reservoir is high. Of that total, about 134 hm³ is usable (live) storage.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (-0.6 pts), and it is 5.2 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Bjelke-Petersen — 1095 data points between September 11, 2023 and September 9, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 71.2% (November 19, 2023) to a high of 120.2% (March 11, 2026). On average the reservoir is fullest around April and at its lowest around November.
The dam at Bjelke-Petersen was completed in 1988. It is operated by BOM primarily for water supply. It lies within the Barker Creek Basin basin at 26.375°S, 152.006°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 94.7%
- Water stored
- 128 hm³
- Total capacity
- 135 hm³
- Usable capacity
- 134 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▼ 0.6 pts
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 5.2 pts
- Primary use
- Water supply
- River
- Barker Creek
- River basin
- Barker Creek Basin
- Year completed
- 1988
- Operator
- BOM
- Coordinates
- 26.375°S, 152.006°E
- Last updated
- September 9, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 9 Sep 2026 | 94.7% | 128 |
| 8 Sep 2026 | 94.8% | 128 |
| 7 Sep 2026 | 94.9% | 128 |
| 6 Sep 2026 | 95.0% | 128 |
| 5 Sep 2026 | 95.1% | 128 |
| 4 Sep 2026 | 95.2% | 128 |
| 3 Sep 2026 | 95.2% | 128 |
| 2 Sep 2026 | 95.3% | 129 |
| 1 Sep 2026 | 95.4% | 129 |
| 31 Aug 2026 | 95.5% | 129 |
| 30 Aug 2026 | 95.6% | 129 |
| 29 Aug 2026 | 95.7% | 129 |