Reservoir · Tasmania · Australia · BOM Water Data Online
Lake Newton
15.2% full
Capacity
6.3 hm³
Volume stored
1 hm³
River
Newton Creek
Year completed
1990
Coordinates
41.915°S, 145.561°E
Last updated
2026-09-07
Current fill
15.2%vs 7 days ago
+8.3%gaining
vs 1 year ago
-0.7%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 Newton
As of September 7, 2026, Lake Newton is filled to 15.2% of its total capacity, holding roughly 1 hm³ of water out of a maximum 6 hm³. At this level the reservoir is critically low. Of that total, about 3 hm³ is usable (live) storage.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has risen by 8.3 percentage points, and it sits close to where it was a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Lake Newton — 1080 data points between September 11, 2023 and September 7, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 0.0% (March 21, 2026) to a high of 36.0% (September 2, 2024). On average the reservoir is fullest around September and at its lowest around January.
The dam at Lake Newton was completed in 1990. It is operated by BOM primarily for water supply. It lies within the Newton Creek Basin basin at 41.915°S, 145.561°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 15.2%
- Water stored
- 1 hm³
- Total capacity
- 6 hm³
- Usable capacity
- 3 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▲ 8.3 pts
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 0.7 pts
- Primary use
- Water supply
- River
- Newton Creek
- River basin
- Newton Creek Basin
- Year completed
- 1990
- Operator
- BOM
- Coordinates
- 41.915°S, 145.561°E
- Last updated
- September 7, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 7 Sep 2026 | 15.2% | 1 |
| 6 Sep 2026 | 16.3% | 1 |
| 5 Sep 2026 | 15.0% | 1 |
| 4 Sep 2026 | 14.7% | 1 |
| 3 Sep 2026 | 10.7% | 1 |
| 2 Sep 2026 | 7.7% | 0 |
| 1 Sep 2026 | 4.6% | 0 |
| 31 Aug 2026 | 6.9% | 0 |
| 30 Aug 2026 | 8.8% | 1 |
| 29 Aug 2026 | 10.2% | 1 |
| 28 Aug 2026 | 11.5% | 1 |
| 27 Aug 2026 | 13.2% | 1 |