Drakes Brook

As of September 6, 2026, Drakes Brook is filled to 89.6% of its total capacity, holding roughly 2 hm³ of water out of a maximum 2 hm³. At this level the reservoir is high.

Over the most recent week on record the fill level has risen by 3.6 percentage points, and it is 7.6 points above its level on the same date a year earlier.

Across the readings we hold for Drakes Brook — 1054 data points between September 11, 2023 and September 6, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 59.8% (May 16, 2025) to a high of 101.0% (August 23, 2024). On average the reservoir is fullest around September and at its lowest around May.

The dam at Drakes Brook was completed in 1931. It is operated by BOM primarily for water supply. It lies within the Drakes Brook Basin basin at 32.857°S, 115.953°E.