Reservoir · Tasmania · Australia · BOM Water Data Online
Lake Catagunya
8.9% full
Capacity
25.6 hm³
Volume stored
2 hm³
River
Derwent River
Year completed
1962
Coordinates
42.438°S, 146.562°E
Last updated
2026-09-07
Current fill
8.9%vs 7 days ago
+5.5%gaining
vs 1 year ago
+4.6%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 Catagunya
As of September 7, 2026, Lake Catagunya is filled to 8.9% of its total capacity, holding roughly 2 hm³ of water out of a maximum 26 hm³. At this level the reservoir is critically low.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has risen by 5.5 percentage points, and it is 4.6 points above its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Lake Catagunya — 1090 data points between September 10, 2023 and September 7, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 0.8% (December 3, 2024) to a high of 29.0% (September 2, 2024). On average the reservoir is fullest around September and at its lowest around July.
The dam at Lake Catagunya was completed in 1962. It is operated by BOM primarily for water supply. It lies within the Derwent River Basin basin at 42.438°S, 146.562°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 8.9%
- Water stored
- 2 hm³
- Total capacity
- 26 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▲ 5.5 pts
- Year-on-year
- ▲ 4.6 pts
- Primary use
- Water supply
- River
- Derwent River
- River basin
- Derwent River Basin
- Year completed
- 1962
- Operator
- BOM
- Coordinates
- 42.438°S, 146.562°E
- Last updated
- September 7, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 7 Sep 2026 | 8.9% | 2 |
| 6 Sep 2026 | 5.4% | 1 |
| 5 Sep 2026 | 3.5% | 1 |
| 4 Sep 2026 | 4.4% | 1 |
| 3 Sep 2026 | 7.3% | 2 |
| 2 Sep 2026 | 4.8% | 1 |
| 1 Sep 2026 | 7.0% | 2 |
| 31 Aug 2026 | 3.4% | 1 |
| 30 Aug 2026 | 5.2% | 1 |
| 29 Aug 2026 | 5.7% | 1 |
| 28 Aug 2026 | 5.3% | 1 |
| 27 Aug 2026 | 5.5% | 1 |