EMBORCAÇÃO
Minas Gerais · PARANAIBA
Capacity
17,725 hm³
Coordinates
-18.451°N, 47.982°W
Operator
ONS
55.0% full
Current fill
55.0%vs 7 days ago
-0.1%losing
vs 1 year ago
N/A7-day trend
→stable
Drought context
Storage vs October average
113%of normal
55.0% full on 2026-10-14, against an average of 48.5% for October across 2 years of readings (+6.5 points).
Rain over the last three months · 21 September 2026
Near normal
In the three months to 21 September 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 +0.76). 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 | 13,055.72 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, -47.982 · Open in Google Maps
About EMBORCAÇÃO
As of October 14, 2026, EMBORCAÇÃO is filled to 55.0% of its total capacity, holding roughly 7,185 hm³ of water out of a maximum 17,725 hm³. At this level the reservoir is within its normal operating range. Of that total, about 13,056 hm³ is usable (live) storage.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (-0.1 pts).
Across the readings we hold for EMBORCAÇÃO — 52 data points between October 31, 2025 and October 14, 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
- 55.0%
- Water stored
- 7,185 hm³
- Total capacity
- 17,725 hm³
- Usable capacity
- 13,056 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▼ 0.1 pts
- Primary use
- Hydroelectric power
- River
- PARANAÍBA
- River basin
- PARANAIBA
- Operator
- ONS
- Coordinates
- 18.451°S, 47.982°W
- Last updated
- October 14, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 14 Oct 2026 | 55.0% | 7,185 |
| 9 Oct 2026 | 55.1% | 7,198 |
| 2 Oct 2026 | 55.2% | 7,211 |
| 25 Sep 2026 | 55.9% | 7,298 |
| 18 Sep 2026 | 56.4% | 7,361 |
| 11 Sep 2026 | 56.5% | 7,370 |
| 4 Sep 2026 | 56.7% | 7,404 |
| 28 Aug 2026 | 57.4% | 7,495 |
| 21 Aug 2026 | 58.1% | 7,585 |
| 14 Aug 2026 | 58.6% | 7,652 |
| 7 Aug 2026 | 59.4% | 7,755 |
| 31 Jul 2026 | 59.9% | 7,819 |