NOVA PONTE
Minas Gerais · PARANAIBA
Capacity
12,792 hm³
Coordinates
-19.131°N, 47.694°W
Operator
ONS
47.5% full
Current fill
47.5%vs 7 days ago
-0.1%losing
vs 1 year ago
N/A7-day trend
→stable
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Technical specifications
| Total capacity | 12,792 hm³ |
| Usable capacity | 10,380 hm³ |
| Primary use | Hydroelectric |
| Operator | ONS |
| River | PARANAÍBA |
| Province | Minas Gerais |
| River basin | PARANAIBA |
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About NOVA PONTE
As of September 9, 2026, NOVA PONTE is filled to 47.5% of its total capacity, holding roughly 4,925 hm³ of water out of a maximum 12,792 hm³. At this level the reservoir is within its normal operating range. Of that total, about 10,380 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 NOVA PONTE — 52 data points between September 26, 2025 and September 9, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 29.8% (January 16, 2026) to a high of 51.9% (June 5, 2026). On average the reservoir is fullest around June and at its lowest around January.
It is operated by ONS primarily for hydroelectric power. It lies within the PARANAIBA basin at 19.131°S, 47.694°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 47.5%
- Water stored
- 4,925 hm³
- Total capacity
- 12,792 hm³
- Usable capacity
- 10,380 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▼ 0.1 pts
- Primary use
- Hydroelectric power
- River
- PARANAÍBA
- River basin
- PARANAIBA
- Operator
- ONS
- Coordinates
- 19.131°S, 47.694°W
- Last updated
- September 9, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 9 Sep 2026 | 47.5% | 4,925 |
| 4 Sep 2026 | 47.5% | 4,936 |
| 28 Aug 2026 | 48.2% | 5,005 |
| 21 Aug 2026 | 49.0% | 5,083 |
| 14 Aug 2026 | 49.4% | 5,130 |
| 7 Aug 2026 | 50.2% | 5,212 |
| 31 Jul 2026 | 50.6% | 5,252 |
| 24 Jul 2026 | 50.8% | 5,268 |
| 17 Jul 2026 | 51.2% | 5,318 |
| 10 Jul 2026 | 51.4% | 5,333 |
| 3 Jul 2026 | 51.6% | 5,352 |
| 26 Jun 2026 | 51.6% | 5,358 |