EMBORCAÇÃO
Minas Gerais · PARANAIBA
Useful capacity
13,055.72 hm³
Coordinates
18.451°S, 47.982°W
Operator
ONS
54.0% of useful capacity
Current fill
54.0%of useful capacity
vs 7 days ago
-0.4 pplosing
vs 1 year ago
+2.9 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
→stable
Drought context
Storage vs October average
102%of normal
54.0% full on 2026-10-26, against an average of 52.9% for October across 2 years of readings (+1.1 points).
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Near normal
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around EMBORCAÇÃO 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 +0.97). Rain, not storage. Brazil drought figures →
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Technical specifications
| Total capacity | 17,725 hm³ |
| Usable capacity | 13,056 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. 18.451°S, 47.982°W · Open in Google Maps
About EMBORCAÇÃO
As of October 26, 2026, EMBORCAÇÃO is at 54.0% of useful capacity, holding 7,055 hm³ of 13,056 hm³. Of the 17,725 hm³ total capacity, that is 39.8%. At this level the reservoir is within its normal operating range.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (-0.4 pp), and it is 2.9 points above its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for EMBORCAÇÃO — 65 data points between October 26, 2025 and October 26, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 39.9% (December 5, 2025) to a high of 62.3% (April 17, 2026). On average the reservoir is fullest around April and at its lowest around December.
It is operated by ONS primarily for hydroelectric power. It lies within the PARANAIBA basin at 18.451°S, 47.982°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 54.0% of useful capacity
- Water stored
- 7,055 hm³
- Total capacity
- 17,725 hm³
- Usable capacity
- 13,056 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▼ 0.4 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▲ 2.9 pp
- Primary use
- Hydroelectric power
- River
- PARANAÍBA
- River basin
- PARANAIBA
- Operator
- ONS
- Coordinates
- 18.451°S, 47.982°W
- Last updated
- October 26, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 26 Oct 2026 | 54.0% | 7,055 |
| 25 Oct 2026 | 54.2% | 7,071 |
| 24 Oct 2026 | 54.3% | 7,087 |
| 23 Oct 2026 | 54.3% | 7,093 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 54.3% | 7,091 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 54.3% | 7,093 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 54.4% | 7,104 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 54.4% | 7,104 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | 54.5% | 7,117 |
| 17 Oct 2026 | 54.6% | 7,132 |
| 16 Oct 2026 | 54.7% | 7,139 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 54.9% | 7,165 |