Reservoir · South Australia · Australia · BOM Water Data Online
Little Para
61.5% full
Capacity
20.9 hm³
Volume stored
13 hm³
River
Little Para River
Year completed
1977
Coordinates
34.746°S, 138.728°E
Last updated
2026-10-24
Current fill
61.5%vs 7 days ago
-1.0 pplosing
vs 1 year ago
-0.9 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
↓falling
Drought context
Storage vs October average
117%of normal
61.5% full on 2026-10-24, against an average of 52.5% for October across 4 years of readings (+9.0 points).
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Near normal
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around Little Para had rain close to normal for the season. Rainfall compared with the long-run record for the same season at this point (Copernicus Global Drought Observatory, SPI-3 index −0.20). Rain, not storage. Australia drought figures →
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: 2026-10-24.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 34.746°S, 138.728°E · Open in Google Maps
About Little Para
As of October 24, 2026, Little Para is filled to 61.5% of its total capacity, holding 12.85 hm³ of water out of a maximum 20.9 hm³. At this level the reservoir is within its normal operating range. Of that total, 20.3 hm³ is usable (live) storage.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has fallen by 1.0 percentage points, and it sits close to where it was a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Little Para — 1091 data points between October 28, 2023 and October 24, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 16.9% (March 19, 2025) to a high of 74.9% (January 11, 2026). On average the reservoir is fullest around December and at its lowest around May.
The dam at Little Para was completed in 1977. It is operated by BOM primarily for water supply. It lies within the Little Para River Basin basin at 34.746°S, 138.728°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 61.5% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 12.85 hm³
- Total capacity
- 20.9 hm³
- Usable capacity
- 20.3 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▼ 1.0 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 0.9 pp
- Primary use
- Water supply
- River
- Little Para River
- River basin
- Little Para River Basin
- Year completed
- 1977
- Operator
- BOM
- Coordinates
- 34.746°S, 138.728°E
- Last updated
- October 24, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 24 Oct 2026 | 61.5% | 12.85 |
| 23 Oct 2026 | 61.6% | 12.86 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 61.7% | 12.89 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 62.0% | 12.95 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 62.1% | 12.98 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 62.2% | 12.99 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | 62.3% | 13.02 |
| 17 Oct 2026 | 62.5% | 13.06 |
| 16 Oct 2026 | 62.7% | 13.11 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 62.9% | 13.15 |
| 14 Oct 2026 | 63.1% | 13.18 |
| 13 Oct 2026 | 63.3% | 13.21 |