Reservoir · Tasmania · Australia · BOM Water Data Online
Lake Echo
42.9% full
Capacity
726 hm³
Volume stored
312 hm³
River
Dee River
Year completed
1956
Coordinates
42.157°S, 146.642°E
Last updated
2026-10-26
Current fill
42.9%vs 7 days ago
+0.2 ppgaining
vs 1 year ago
+4.0 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
→stable
Drought context
Storage vs October average
101%of normal
42.9% full on 2026-10-26, against an average of 42.4% for October across 4 years of readings (+0.5 points).
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Extremely dry
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around Lake Echo had extremely little rain for the season, a shortfall seen about one year in forty. Rainfall compared with the long-run record for the same season at this point (Copernicus Global Drought Observatory, SPI-3 index −2.03). 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. 42.157°S, 146.642°E · Open in Google Maps
About Lake Echo
As of October 26, 2026, Lake Echo is filled to 42.9% of its total capacity, holding 311.69 hm³ of water out of a maximum 726 hm³. At this level the reservoir is within its normal operating range. Of that total, 667.8 hm³ is usable (live) storage.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (+0.2 pp), and it is 4.0 points above its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Lake Echo — 1095 data points between October 28, 2023 and October 26, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 21.7% (July 2, 2025) to a high of 56.0% (October 28, 2023). On average the reservoir is fullest around December and at its lowest around June.
The dam at Lake Echo was completed in 1956. It is operated by BOM primarily for water supply. It lies within the Dee River Basin basin at 42.157°S, 146.642°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 42.9% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 311.69 hm³
- Total capacity
- 726 hm³
- Usable capacity
- 667.8 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▲ 0.2 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▲ 4.0 pp
- Primary use
- Water supply
- River
- Dee River
- River basin
- Dee River Basin
- Year completed
- 1956
- Operator
- BOM
- Coordinates
- 42.157°S, 146.642°E
- Last updated
- October 26, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 26 Oct 2026 | 42.9% | 311.69 |
| 25 Oct 2026 | 42.9% | 311.3 |
| 24 Oct 2026 | 42.8% | 310.65 |
| 23 Oct 2026 | 42.8% | 310.63 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 42.8% | 310.6 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 42.7% | 310.13 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 42.7% | 310.09 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 42.7% | 309.74 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | 42.6% | 309.38 |
| 17 Oct 2026 | 42.6% | 309.15 |
| 16 Oct 2026 | 42.5% | 308.85 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 42.5% | 308.51 |