Reservoir · Queensland · Australia · BOM Water Data Online
Neville Hewitt Weir
59.8% full
Capacity
11.3 hm³
Volume stored
7 hm³
River
Dawson River
Year completed
1976
Coordinates
24.186°S, 149.806°E
Last updated
2026-09-09
Current fill
59.8%vs 7 days ago
-7.2%losing
vs 1 year ago
-24.5%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: 2026-09-09.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
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About Neville Hewitt Weir
As of September 9, 2026, Neville Hewitt Weir is filled to 59.8% of its total capacity, holding roughly 7 hm³ of water out of a maximum 11 hm³. At this level the reservoir is within its normal operating range. Of that total, about 11 hm³ is usable (live) storage.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has fallen by 7.2 percentage points, and it is 24.5 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Neville Hewitt Weir — 1090 data points between September 11, 2023 and September 9, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 30.2% (December 20, 2023) to a high of 148.2% (March 15, 2026). On average the reservoir is fullest around February and at its lowest around October.
The dam at Neville Hewitt Weir was completed in 1976. It is operated by BOM primarily for water supply. It lies within the Dawson River Basin basin at 24.186°S, 149.806°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 59.8%
- Water stored
- 7 hm³
- Total capacity
- 11 hm³
- Usable capacity
- 11 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▼ 7.2 pts
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 24.5 pts
- Primary use
- Water supply
- River
- Dawson River
- River basin
- Dawson River Basin
- Year completed
- 1976
- Operator
- BOM
- Coordinates
- 24.186°S, 149.806°E
- Last updated
- September 9, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 9 Sep 2026 | 59.8% | 7 |
| 8 Sep 2026 | 60.2% | 7 |
| 7 Sep 2026 | 60.7% | 7 |
| 6 Sep 2026 | 61.3% | 7 |
| 5 Sep 2026 | 62.7% | 7 |
| 4 Sep 2026 | 64.1% | 7 |
| 3 Sep 2026 | 65.5% | 7 |
| 2 Sep 2026 | 67.0% | 8 |
| 1 Sep 2026 | 68.8% | 8 |
| 31 Aug 2026 | 70.5% | 8 |
| 30 Aug 2026 | 72.4% | 8 |
| 29 Aug 2026 | 74.3% | 8 |