IGARAPAVA
São Paulo · GRANDE
Useful capacity
14.61 hm³
Coordinates
19.990°S, 47.754°W
Operator
ONS
54.5% of useful capacity
Current fill
54.5%of useful capacity
vs 7 days ago
0.0 ppstable
vs 1 year ago
+39.8 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
→stable
Drought context
Storage vs October average
147%of normal
54.5% full on 2026-10-26, against an average of 37.2% for October across 2 years of readings (+17.3 points).
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Near normal
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around IGARAPAVA 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 +0.77). Rain, not storage. Brazil drought figures →
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Technical specifications
| Total capacity | 480 hm³ |
| Usable capacity | 14.61 hm³ |
| Primary use | Hydroelectric |
| Operator | ONS |
| Province | São Paulo |
| River basin | GRANDE |
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 19.990°S, 47.754°W · Open in Google Maps
About IGARAPAVA
As of October 26, 2026, IGARAPAVA is at 54.5% of useful capacity, holding 8 hm³ of 14.61 hm³. Of the 480 hm³ total capacity, that is 1.7%. 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 (+0.0 pp), and it is 39.8 points above its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for IGARAPAVA — 65 data points between October 26, 2025 and October 26, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 9.9% (November 28, 2025) to a high of 100.0% (April 17, 2026). On average the reservoir is fullest around April and at its lowest around November.
It is operated by ONS primarily for hydroelectric power. It lies within the GRANDE basin at 19.990°S, 47.754°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 54.5% of useful capacity
- Water stored
- 8 hm³
- Total capacity
- 480 hm³
- Usable capacity
- 14.61 hm³
- 7-day change
- No change
- Year-on-year
- ▲ 39.8 pp
- Primary use
- Hydroelectric power
- River basin
- GRANDE
- Operator
- ONS
- Coordinates
- 19.990°S, 47.754°W
- Last updated
- October 26, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 26 Oct 2026 | 54.5% | 8 |
| 25 Oct 2026 | 77.1% | 11.3 |
| 24 Oct 2026 | 74.6% | 10.9 |
| 23 Oct 2026 | 67.1% | 9.8 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 92.4% | 13.5 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 57.0% | 8.3 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 49.5% | 7.2 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 54.5% | 8 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | 89.9% | 13.1 |
| 17 Oct 2026 | 47.0% | 6.9 |
| 16 Oct 2026 | 54.5% | 8 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 72.1% | 10.5 |