Hope Valley

As of September 5, 2026, Hope Valley is filled to 71.7% of its total capacity, holding roughly 2 hm³ of water out of a maximum 3 hm³. At this level the reservoir is within its normal operating range. Of that total, about 2 hm³ is usable (live) storage.

Over the most recent week on record the fill level has fallen by 7.4 percentage points, and it is 15.9 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.

Across the readings we hold for Hope Valley — 1089 data points between September 11, 2023 and September 5, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 56.7% (March 17, 2026) to a high of 107.6% (November 4, 2024). On average the reservoir is fullest around February and at its lowest around July.

The dam at Hope Valley was completed in 1873. It is operated by BOM primarily for water supply. It lies within the Off-stream Basin basin at 34.852°S, 138.682°E.