Reservoir · Queensland · Australia · BOM Water Data Online
Cania
20.4% full
Capacity
88.6 hm³
Volume stored
18 hm³
River
Three Moon Creek
Year completed
1982
Coordinates
24.631°S, 150.980°E
Last updated
2026-10-26
Current fill
20.4%vs 7 days ago
-0.5 pplosing
vs 1 year ago
+4.8 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
→stable
Drought context
Storage vs October average
95%of normal
20.4% full on 2026-10-26, against an average of 21.4% for October across 4 years of readings (-1.0 points).
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Near normal
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around Cania had rain close to normal for the season. Rainfall compared with the long-run record for the same season at this point (Copernicus Global Drought Observatory, SPI-3 index +0.05). Rain, not storage. Australia drought figures →
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: 2026-10-26.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 24.631°S, 150.980°E · Open in Google Maps
About Cania
As of October 26, 2026, Cania is filled to 20.4% of its total capacity, holding 18.03 hm³ of water out of a maximum 88.6 hm³. At this level the reservoir is low. Of that total, 87.9 hm³ is usable (live) storage.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (-0.5 pp), and it is 4.8 points above its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Cania — 1095 data points between October 28, 2023 and October 26, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 15.3% (December 14, 2025) to a high of 29.2% (October 28, 2023). On average the reservoir is fullest around May and at its lowest around October.
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.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 20.4% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 18.03 hm³
- Total capacity
- 88.6 hm³
- Usable capacity
- 87.9 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▼ 0.5 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▲ 4.8 pp
- Primary use
- Water supply
- River
- Three Moon Creek
- River basin
- Three Moon Creek Basin
- Year completed
- 1982
- Operator
- BOM
- Coordinates
- 24.631°S, 150.980°E
- Last updated
- October 26, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 26 Oct 2026 | 20.4% | 18.03 |
| 25 Oct 2026 | 20.4% | 18.11 |
| 24 Oct 2026 | 20.5% | 18.17 |
| 23 Oct 2026 | 20.6% | 18.23 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 20.7% | 18.31 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 20.8% | 18.4 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 20.9% | 18.48 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 20.9% | 18.55 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | 21.0% | 18.63 |
| 17 Oct 2026 | 21.1% | 18.69 |
| 16 Oct 2026 | 21.2% | 18.75 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 21.2% | 18.81 |