CAMPOS NOVOS
Santa Catarina · URUGUAI
Useful capacity
129.62 hm³
Coordinates
27.603°S, 51.324°W
Operator
ONS
96.0% of useful capacity
Current fill
96.0%of useful capacity
vs 7 days ago
+17.0 ppgaining
vs 1 year ago
+6.2 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
↑rising
Drought context
Storage vs October average
111%of normal
96.0% full on 2026-10-26, against an average of 86.7% for October across 2 years of readings (+9.3 points).
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Very wet
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around CAMPOS NOVOS had much more rain than normal, seen about one year in fifteen. Rainfall compared with the long-run record for the same season at this point (Copernicus Global Drought Observatory, SPI-3 index +1.72). Rain, not storage. Brazil drought figures →
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Technical specifications
| Total capacity | 1,477 hm³ |
| Usable capacity | 129.62 hm³ |
| Primary use | Hydroelectric |
| Operator | ONS |
| River | CANOAS |
| Province | Santa Catarina |
| River basin | URUGUAI |
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 27.603°S, 51.324°W · Open in Google Maps
About CAMPOS NOVOS
As of October 26, 2026, CAMPOS NOVOS is at 96.0% of useful capacity, holding 124.4 hm³ of 129.62 hm³. Of the 1,477 hm³ total capacity, that is 8.4%. At this level the reservoir is high.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has risen by 17.0 percentage points, and it is 6.2 points above its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for CAMPOS NOVOS — 65 data points between October 26, 2025 and October 26, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 15.8% (March 20, 2026) to a high of 96.0% (October 26, 2026). On average the reservoir is fullest around July and at its lowest around March.
It is operated by ONS primarily for hydroelectric power. It lies within the URUGUAI basin at 27.603°S, 51.324°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 96.0% of useful capacity
- Water stored
- 124.4 hm³
- Total capacity
- 1,477 hm³
- Usable capacity
- 129.62 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▲ 17.0 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▲ 6.2 pp
- Primary use
- Hydroelectric power
- River
- CANOAS
- River basin
- URUGUAI
- Operator
- ONS
- Coordinates
- 27.603°S, 51.324°W
- Last updated
- October 26, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 26 Oct 2026 | 96.0% | 124.4 |
| 25 Oct 2026 | 93.0% | 120.5 |
| 24 Oct 2026 | 84.8% | 109.9 |
| 23 Oct 2026 | 82.8% | 107.3 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 84.0% | 108.9 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 82.8% | 107.3 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 78.4% | 101.6 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 79.0% | 102.4 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | 83.2% | 107.8 |
| 17 Oct 2026 | 82.2% | 106.5 |
| 16 Oct 2026 | 82.8% | 107.3 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 82.8% | 107.3 |