Cania

As of September 9, 2026, Cania is filled to 26.6% of its total capacity, holding roughly 24 hm³ of water out of a maximum 89 hm³. At this level the reservoir is low. Of that total, about 88 hm³ is usable (live) storage.

Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (-0.4 pts), and it is 10.6 points above its level on the same date a year earlier.

Across the readings we hold for Cania — 1095 data points between September 11, 2023 and September 9, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 15.3% (December 14, 2025) to a high of 30.1% (September 11, 2023). On average the reservoir is fullest around May and at its lowest around December.

The dam at Cania was completed in 1982. It is operated by BOM primarily for water supply. It lies within the Three Moon Creek Basin basin at 24.631°S, 150.980°E.