Reservoir · New South Wales · Australia · BOM Water Data Online
Prospect
94.8% full
Capacity
48.2 hm³
Volume stored
46 hm³
River
Prospect Creek
Year completed
1888
Coordinates
33.821°S, 150.893°E
Last updated
2026-10-26
Current fill
94.8%vs 7 days ago
+2.6 ppgaining
vs 1 year ago
+1.2 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
↑rising
Drought context
Storage vs October average
102%of normal
94.8% full on 2026-10-26, against an average of 93.2% for October across 4 years of readings (+1.6 points).
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Near normal
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around Prospect 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 −0.36). 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: 2026-10-26.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 33.821°S, 150.893°E · Open in Google Maps
About Prospect
As of October 26, 2026, Prospect is filled to 94.8% of its total capacity, holding 45.71 hm³ of water out of a maximum 48.2 hm³. At this level the reservoir is high. Of that total, 33.3 hm³ is usable (live) storage.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has risen by 2.6 percentage points, and it is 1.2 points above its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Prospect — 1095 data points between October 28, 2023 and October 26, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 82.8% (June 18, 2024) to a high of 98.5% (May 30, 2024). On average the reservoir is fullest around September and at its lowest around June.
The dam at Prospect was completed in 1888. It is operated by BOM primarily for water supply. It lies within the Prospect Creek Basin basin at 33.821°S, 150.893°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 94.8% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 45.71 hm³
- Total capacity
- 48.2 hm³
- Usable capacity
- 33.3 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▲ 2.6 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▲ 1.2 pp
- Primary use
- Water supply
- River
- Prospect Creek
- River basin
- Prospect Creek Basin
- Year completed
- 1888
- Operator
- BOM
- Coordinates
- 33.821°S, 150.893°E
- Last updated
- October 26, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 26 Oct 2026 | 94.8% | 45.71 |
| 25 Oct 2026 | 94.5% | 45.55 |
| 24 Oct 2026 | 94.0% | 45.35 |
| 23 Oct 2026 | 93.6% | 45.15 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 93.2% | 44.96 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 92.8% | 44.77 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 92.5% | 44.61 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 92.2% | 44.45 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | 92.0% | 44.39 |
| 17 Oct 2026 | 92.0% | 44.35 |
| 16 Oct 2026 | 91.9% | 44.31 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 91.8% | 44.25 |