CAPIVARA
São Paulo · PARANAPANEMA
Capacity
10,540 hm³
Coordinates
-22.661°N, 51.354°W
Operator
ONS
81.2% full
Current fill
81.2%vs 7 days ago
-4.6%losing
vs 1 year ago
N/A7-day trend
↓falling
Drought context
Storage vs October average
149%of normal
81.2% full on 2026-10-12, against an average of 54.6% for October across 2 years of readings (+26.6 points).
Rain over the last three months · 21 September 2026
Moderately wet
In the three months to 21 September 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 +1.31). Rain, not storage. Brazil drought figures →
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Technical specifications
| Total capacity | 10,540 hm³ |
| Usable capacity | 5,724.93 hm³ |
| Primary use | Hydroelectric |
| Operator | ONS |
| River | PARANAPANEMA |
| Province | São Paulo |
| River basin | PARANAPANEMA |
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. -22.661, -51.354 · Open in Google Maps
About CAPIVARA
As of October 12, 2026, CAPIVARA is filled to 81.2% of its total capacity, holding roughly 4,649 hm³ of water out of a maximum 10,540 hm³. At this level the reservoir is high. Of that total, about 5,725 hm³ is usable (live) storage.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has fallen by 4.6 percentage points.
Across the readings we hold for CAPIVARA — 52 data points between October 31, 2025 and October 12, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 43.7% (October 31, 2025) to a high of 96.1% (July 31, 2026). On average the reservoir is fullest around July and at its lowest around November.
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
- 81.2%
- Water stored
- 4,649 hm³
- Total capacity
- 10,540 hm³
- Usable capacity
- 5,725 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▼ 4.6 pts
- Primary use
- Hydroelectric power
- River
- PARANAPANEMA
- River basin
- PARANAPANEMA
- Operator
- ONS
- Coordinates
- 22.661°S, 51.354°W
- Last updated
- October 12, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 12 Oct 2026 | 81.2% | 4,649 |
| 9 Oct 2026 | 83.4% | 4,776 |
| 2 Oct 2026 | 85.8% | 4,911 |
| 25 Sep 2026 | 91.4% | 5,234 |
| 18 Sep 2026 | 91.3% | 5,229 |
| 11 Sep 2026 | 92.0% | 5,267 |
| 4 Sep 2026 | 94.7% | 5,424 |
| 28 Aug 2026 | 93.1% | 5,328 |
| 21 Aug 2026 | 92.6% | 5,301 |
| 14 Aug 2026 | 89.8% | 5,140 |
| 7 Aug 2026 | 91.3% | 5,229 |
| 31 Jul 2026 | 96.1% | 5,503 |