Reservoir · Tasmania · Australia · BOM Water Data Online
Lake Liapootah
21.3% full
Capacity
1.9 hm³
Volume stored
0 hm³
River
Nive River
Year completed
1960
Coordinates
42.318°S, 146.469°E
Last updated
2026-09-07
Current fill
21.3%vs 7 days ago
+0.9%gaining
vs 1 year ago
+1.2%year-over-year
7-day trend
→stable
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 Liapootah
As of September 7, 2026, Lake Liapootah is filled to 21.3% of its total capacity, holding roughly 0 hm³ of water out of a maximum 2 hm³. At this level the reservoir is low.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (+0.9 pts), and it is 1.2 points above its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Lake Liapootah — 1090 data points between September 10, 2023 and September 7, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 6.2% (November 13, 2023) to a high of 33.4% (September 24, 2024). On average the reservoir is fullest around September and at its lowest around July.
The dam at Lake Liapootah was completed in 1960. It is operated by BOM primarily for water supply. It lies within the Nive River Basin basin at 42.318°S, 146.469°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 21.3%
- Water stored
- 0 hm³
- Total capacity
- 2 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▲ 0.9 pts
- Year-on-year
- ▲ 1.2 pts
- Primary use
- Water supply
- River
- Nive River
- River basin
- Nive River Basin
- Year completed
- 1960
- Operator
- BOM
- Coordinates
- 42.318°S, 146.469°E
- Last updated
- September 7, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 7 Sep 2026 | 21.3% | 0 |
| 6 Sep 2026 | 25.1% | 0 |
| 5 Sep 2026 | 21.2% | 0 |
| 4 Sep 2026 | 18.6% | 0 |
| 3 Sep 2026 | 25.3% | 0 |
| 2 Sep 2026 | 21.9% | 0 |
| 1 Sep 2026 | 23.9% | 0 |
| 31 Aug 2026 | 20.4% | 0 |
| 30 Aug 2026 | 24.2% | 0 |
| 29 Aug 2026 | 27.0% | 1 |
| 28 Aug 2026 | 23.6% | 0 |
| 27 Aug 2026 | 23.5% | 0 |