Reservoir · Tasmania · Australia · BOM Water Data Online
Lake Burbury
34.3% full
Capacity
1,081.4 hm³
Volume stored
371 hm³
Coordinates
42.120°S, 145.658°E
Last updated
2026-09-07
Current fill
34.3%vs 7 days ago
+3.2%gaining
vs 1 year ago
+1.6%year-over-year
7-day trend
↑rising
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: 2026-09-07.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
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About Lake Burbury
As of September 7, 2026, Lake Burbury is filled to 34.3% of its total capacity, holding roughly 371 hm³ of water out of a maximum 1,081 hm³. At this level the reservoir is low.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has risen by 3.2 percentage points, and it is 1.6 points above its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Lake Burbury — 1093 data points between September 11, 2023 and September 7, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 17.3% (June 15, 2025) to a high of 51.7% (September 18, 2024). On average the reservoir is fullest around October and at its lowest around June.
It is operated by BOM primarily for water supply.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 34.3%
- Water stored
- 371 hm³
- Total capacity
- 1,081 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▲ 3.2 pts
- Year-on-year
- ▲ 1.6 pts
- Primary use
- Water supply
- Operator
- BOM
- Coordinates
- 42.120°S, 145.658°E
- Last updated
- September 7, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 7 Sep 2026 | 34.3% | 371 |
| 6 Sep 2026 | 34.1% | 369 |
| 5 Sep 2026 | 33.4% | 361 |
| 4 Sep 2026 | 32.8% | 355 |
| 3 Sep 2026 | 32.2% | 348 |
| 2 Sep 2026 | 31.6% | 342 |
| 1 Sep 2026 | 31.1% | 336 |
| 31 Aug 2026 | 31.1% | 337 |
| 30 Aug 2026 | 31.2% | 337 |
| 29 Aug 2026 | 31.0% | 335 |
| 28 Aug 2026 | 30.9% | 334 |
| 27 Aug 2026 | 30.8% | 333 |