Reservoir · New South Wales · Australia · BOM Water Data Online
Lake Menindee
5.1% full
Capacity
629.5 hm³
Volume stored
32 hm³
Coordinates
32.342°S, 142.328°E
Last updated
2026-09-08
Current fill
5.1%vs 7 days ago
-6.7%losing
vs 1 year ago
-63.2%year-over-year
7-day trend
↓falling
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: 2026-09-08.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
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About Lake Menindee
As of September 8, 2026, Lake Menindee is filled to 5.1% of its total capacity, holding roughly 32 hm³ of water out of a maximum 630 hm³. At this level the reservoir is critically low. Of that total, about 569 hm³ is usable (live) storage.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has fallen by 6.7 percentage points, and it is 63.2 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Lake Menindee — 1091 data points between September 11, 2023 and September 8, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 0.0% (January 18, 2026) to a high of 80.6% (September 23, 2025). On average the reservoir is fullest around September and at its lowest around April.
It is operated by BOM primarily for water supply.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 5.1%
- Water stored
- 32 hm³
- Total capacity
- 630 hm³
- Usable capacity
- 569 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▼ 6.7 pts
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 63.2 pts
- Primary use
- Water supply
- Operator
- BOM
- Coordinates
- 32.342°S, 142.328°E
- Last updated
- September 8, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 8 Sep 2026 | 5.1% | 32 |
| 7 Sep 2026 | 5.1% | 32 |
| 6 Sep 2026 | 5.2% | 32 |
| 5 Sep 2026 | 5.2% | 33 |
| 4 Sep 2026 | 5.2% | 33 |
| 3 Sep 2026 | 5.3% | 33 |
| 2 Sep 2026 | 5.3% | 33 |
| 1 Sep 2026 | 11.8% | 74 |
| 31 Aug 2026 | 72.1% | 454 |
| 30 Aug 2026 | 23.2% | 146 |
| 29 Aug 2026 | 5.5% | 35 |
| 28 Aug 2026 | 5.5% | 35 |