Reservoir · Tasmania · Australia · BOM Water Data Online
Lake Meadowbank
42.4% full
Capacity
59.7 hm³
Volume stored
25 hm³
River
Derwent River
Year completed
1968
Coordinates
42.554°S, 146.760°E
Last updated
2026-09-07
Current fill
42.4%vs 7 days ago
+1.0%gaining
vs 1 year ago
+0.7%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 Meadowbank
As of September 7, 2026, Lake Meadowbank is filled to 42.4% of its total capacity, holding roughly 25 hm³ of water out of a maximum 60 hm³. At this level the reservoir is within its normal operating range.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (+1.0 pts), and it sits close to where it was a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Lake Meadowbank — 1094 data points between September 10, 2023 and September 7, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 4.8% (May 31, 2024) to a high of 48.8% (September 2, 2024). On average the reservoir is fullest around September and at its lowest around May.
The dam at Lake Meadowbank was completed in 1968. It is operated by BOM primarily for water supply. It lies within the Derwent River Basin basin at 42.554°S, 146.760°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 42.4%
- Water stored
- 25 hm³
- Total capacity
- 60 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▲ 1.0 pts
- Year-on-year
- ▲ 0.7 pts
- Primary use
- Water supply
- River
- Derwent River
- River basin
- Derwent River Basin
- Year completed
- 1968
- Operator
- BOM
- Coordinates
- 42.554°S, 146.760°E
- Last updated
- September 7, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 7 Sep 2026 | 42.4% | 25 |
| 6 Sep 2026 | 43.8% | 26 |
| 5 Sep 2026 | 43.6% | 26 |
| 4 Sep 2026 | 41.8% | 25 |
| 3 Sep 2026 | 41.3% | 25 |
| 2 Sep 2026 | 42.6% | 25 |
| 1 Sep 2026 | 42.4% | 25 |
| 31 Aug 2026 | 41.4% | 25 |
| 30 Aug 2026 | 42.2% | 25 |
| 29 Aug 2026 | 42.8% | 26 |
| 28 Aug 2026 | 44.6% | 27 |
| 27 Aug 2026 | 42.0% | 25 |