Reservoir · Tasmania · Australia · BOM Water Data Online
Lake Paloona
11.8% full
Capacity
19.1 hm³
Volume stored
2 hm³
River
Forth River
Year completed
1973
Coordinates
41.326°S, 146.246°E
Last updated
2026-09-07
Current fill
11.8%vs 7 days ago
-15.7%losing
vs 1 year ago
-9.4%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: 2026-09-07.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
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About Lake Paloona
As of September 7, 2026, Lake Paloona is filled to 11.8% of its total capacity, holding roughly 2 hm³ of water out of a maximum 19 hm³. At this level the reservoir is critically low. Of that total, about 14 hm³ is usable (live) storage.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has fallen by 15.7 percentage points, and it is 9.4 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Lake Paloona — 1094 data points between September 10, 2023 and September 7, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 4.0% (March 15, 2024) to a high of 58.8% (September 2, 2024). On average the reservoir is fullest around September and at its lowest around January.
The dam at Lake Paloona was completed in 1973. It is operated by BOM primarily for water supply. It lies within the Forth River Basin basin at 41.326°S, 146.246°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 11.8%
- Water stored
- 2 hm³
- Total capacity
- 19 hm³
- Usable capacity
- 14 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▼ 15.7 pts
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 9.4 pts
- Primary use
- Water supply
- River
- Forth River
- River basin
- Forth River Basin
- Year completed
- 1973
- Operator
- BOM
- Coordinates
- 41.326°S, 146.246°E
- Last updated
- September 7, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 7 Sep 2026 | 11.8% | 2 |
| 6 Sep 2026 | 9.8% | 2 |
| 5 Sep 2026 | 10.9% | 2 |
| 4 Sep 2026 | 18.1% | 3 |
| 3 Sep 2026 | 15.5% | 3 |
| 2 Sep 2026 | 19.2% | 4 |
| 1 Sep 2026 | 16.5% | 3 |
| 31 Aug 2026 | 27.5% | 5 |
| 30 Aug 2026 | 29.0% | 6 |
| 29 Aug 2026 | 25.9% | 5 |
| 28 Aug 2026 | 21.5% | 4 |
| 27 Aug 2026 | 24.7% | 5 |