CAPIVARA
São Paulo · PARANAPANEMA
Capacity
10,540 hm³
Coordinates
-22.661°N, 51.354°W
Operator
ONS
94.3% full
Current fill
94.3%vs 7 days ago
-0.4%losing
vs 1 year ago
N/A7-day trend
→stable
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 September 12, 2026, CAPIVARA is filled to 94.3% of its total capacity, holding roughly 5,401 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 held broadly steady (-0.4 pts).
Across the readings we hold for CAPIVARA — 52 data points between October 3, 2025 and September 12, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 42.5% (October 10, 2025) to a high of 96.1% (July 31, 2026). On average the reservoir is fullest around September and at its lowest around October.
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
- 94.3%
- Water stored
- 5,401 hm³
- Total capacity
- 10,540 hm³
- Usable capacity
- 5,725 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▼ 0.4 pts
- Primary use
- Hydroelectric power
- River
- PARANAPANEMA
- River basin
- PARANAPANEMA
- Operator
- ONS
- Coordinates
- 22.661°S, 51.354°W
- Last updated
- September 12, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 12 Sep 2026 | 94.3% | 5,401 |
| 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 |
| 24 Jul 2026 | 94.7% | 5,424 |
| 17 Jul 2026 | 93.0% | 5,323 |
| 10 Jul 2026 | 92.0% | 5,267 |
| 3 Jul 2026 | 90.7% | 5,190 |