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Wurdee Boluc Reservoir
84.9% full
Capacity
40.1 hm³
Volume stored
34 hm³
River
West Barwon - Wurdee Boluc canal
Year completed
1929
Coordinates
38.285°S, 144.040°E
Last updated
2026-10-26
Current fill
84.9%vs 7 days ago
-0.1 pplosing
vs 1 year ago
+38.5 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
→stable
Drought context
Storage vs October average
128%of normal
84.9% full on 2026-10-26, against an average of 66.5% for October across 4 years of readings (+18.4 points).
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Near normal
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around Wurdee Boluc Reservoir 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 −0.62). 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. 38.285°S, 144.040°E · Open in Google Maps
About Wurdee Boluc Reservoir
As of October 26, 2026, Wurdee Boluc Reservoir is filled to 84.9% of its total capacity, holding 34.07 hm³ of water out of a maximum 40.1 hm³. At this level the reservoir is high. Of that total, 38.1 hm³ is usable (live) storage.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (-0.1 pp), and it is 38.5 points above its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Wurdee Boluc Reservoir — 1087 data points between October 28, 2023 and October 26, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 32.3% (July 18, 2025) to a high of 87.8% (October 28, 2023). On average the reservoir is fullest around December and at its lowest around May.
The dam at Wurdee Boluc Reservoir was completed in 1929. It is operated by BOM primarily for water supply. It lies within the West Barwon - Wurdee Boluc canal Basin basin at 38.285°S, 144.040°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 84.9% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 34.07 hm³
- Total capacity
- 40.1 hm³
- Usable capacity
- 38.1 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▼ 0.1 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▲ 38.5 pp
- Primary use
- Water supply
- River
- West Barwon - Wurdee Boluc canal
- River basin
- West Barwon - Wurdee Boluc canal Basin
- Year completed
- 1929
- Operator
- BOM
- Coordinates
- 38.285°S, 144.040°E
- Last updated
- October 26, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 26 Oct 2026 | 84.9% | 34.07 |
| 25 Oct 2026 | 84.7% | 33.99 |
| 24 Oct 2026 | 84.4% | 33.88 |
| 23 Oct 2026 | 84.7% | 34 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 84.9% | 34.06 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 84.9% | 34.09 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 85.0% | 34.12 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 85.0% | 34.11 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | 85.0% | 34.1 |
| 17 Oct 2026 | 85.0% | 34.1 |
| 16 Oct 2026 | 85.0% | 34.11 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 85.0% | 34.1 |