C. DOURADA
Minas Gerais · PARANAIBA
Useful capacity
235.11 hm³
Coordinates
18.504°S, 49.492°W
Operator
ONS
54.0% of useful capacity
Current fill
54.0%of useful capacity
vs 7 days ago
-18.2 pplosing
vs 1 year ago
-25.1 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
↓falling
Drought context
Storage vs October average
69%of normal
54.0% full on 2026-10-28, against an average of 77.7% for October across 2 years of readings (-23.7 points).
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Near normal
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around C. DOURADA 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 +0.38). Rain, not storage. Brazil drought figures →
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Technical specifications
| Total capacity | 535.9 hm³ |
| Usable capacity | 235.11 hm³ |
| Primary use | Hydroelectric |
| Operator | ONS |
| River | PARANAÍBA |
| Province | Minas Gerais |
| River basin | PARANAIBA |
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 18.504°S, 49.492°W · Open in Google Maps
About C. DOURADA
As of October 28, 2026, C. DOURADA is at 54.0% of useful capacity, holding 126.9 hm³ of 235.11 hm³. Of the 535.9 hm³ total capacity, that is 23.7%. At this level the reservoir is within its normal operating range.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has fallen by 18.2 percentage points, and it is 25.1 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for C. DOURADA — 65 data points between October 28, 2025 and October 28, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 54.0% (October 28, 2026) to a high of 99.4% (October 15, 2026). On average the reservoir is fullest around September and at its lowest around April.
It is operated by ONS primarily for hydroelectric power. It lies within the PARANAIBA basin at 18.504°S, 49.492°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 54.0% of useful capacity
- Water stored
- 126.9 hm³
- Total capacity
- 535.9 hm³
- Usable capacity
- 235.11 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▼ 18.2 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 25.1 pp
- Primary use
- Hydroelectric power
- River
- PARANAÍBA
- River basin
- PARANAIBA
- Operator
- ONS
- Coordinates
- 18.504°S, 49.492°W
- Last updated
- October 28, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 28 Oct 2026 | 54.0% | 126.9 |
| 27 Oct 2026 | 73.1% | 171.9 |
| 26 Oct 2026 | 65.7% | 154.4 |
| 25 Oct 2026 | 65.1% | 153 |
| 24 Oct 2026 | 58.6% | 137.8 |
| 23 Oct 2026 | 61.9% | 145.4 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 67.2% | 157.9 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 72.2% | 169.7 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 73.4% | 172.5 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 81.8% | 192.3 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | 90.6% | 212.9 |
| 17 Oct 2026 | 90.9% | 213.7 |