CAPIVARA
São Paulo · PARANAPANEMA
Useful capacity
6,285.03 hm³
Coordinates
22.661°S, 51.354°W
Operator
ONS
85.6% of useful capacity
Current fill
85.6%of useful capacity
vs 7 days ago
+9.3 ppgaining
vs 1 year ago
+41.8 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
↑rising
Drought context
Storage vs October average
136%of normal
85.6% full on 2026-10-28, against an average of 62.8% for October across 2 years of readings (+22.8 points).
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Moderately wet
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around CAPIVARA had more rain than 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 +1.45). Rain, not storage. Brazil drought figures →
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Technical specifications
| Total capacity | 11,746 hm³ |
| Usable capacity | 6,285 hm³ |
| Primary use | Hydroelectric |
| Operator | ONS |
| Province | São Paulo |
| River basin | PARANAPANEMA |
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 22.661°S, 51.354°W · Open in Google Maps
About CAPIVARA
As of October 28, 2026, CAPIVARA is at 85.6% of useful capacity, holding 5,383 hm³ of 6,285 hm³. Of the 11,746 hm³ total capacity, that is 45.8%. At this level the reservoir is high.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has risen by 9.3 percentage points, and it is 41.8 points above its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for CAPIVARA — 65 data points between October 28, 2025 and October 28, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 43.8% (October 28, 2025) to a high of 96.1% (July 31, 2026). On average the reservoir is fullest around July and at its lowest around April.
It is operated by ONS primarily for hydroelectric power. It lies within the PARANAPANEMA basin at 22.661°S, 51.354°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 85.6% of useful capacity
- Water stored
- 5,383 hm³
- Total capacity
- 11,746 hm³
- Usable capacity
- 6,285 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▲ 9.3 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▲ 41.8 pp
- Primary use
- Hydroelectric power
- River basin
- PARANAPANEMA
- Operator
- ONS
- Coordinates
- 22.661°S, 51.354°W
- Last updated
- October 28, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 28 Oct 2026 | 85.6% | 5,383 |
| 27 Oct 2026 | 86.5% | 5,435 |
| 26 Oct 2026 | 85.5% | 5,376 |
| 25 Oct 2026 | 81.0% | 5,090 |
| 24 Oct 2026 | 76.3% | 4,792 |
| 23 Oct 2026 | 74.1% | 4,657 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 73.9% | 4,645 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 76.3% | 4,798 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 77.7% | 4,884 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 79.6% | 5,004 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | 82.6% | 5,189 |
| 17 Oct 2026 | 85.4% | 5,365 |