Tarago

As of September 8, 2026, Tarago is filled to 94.5% of its total capacity, holding roughly 36 hm³ of water out of a maximum 38 hm³. At this level the reservoir is high.

Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (+0.4 pts), and it is 6.4 points above its level on the same date a year earlier.

Across the readings we hold for Tarago — 1080 data points between September 11, 2023 and September 8, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 86.0% (June 22, 2025) to a high of 102.4% (October 5, 2023). On average the reservoir is fullest around December and at its lowest around May.

The dam at Tarago was completed in 1968. It is operated by BOM primarily for water supply. It lies within the Tarago River Basin basin at 37.999°S, 145.924°E.