NOVA PONTE
Minas Gerais · PARANAIBA
Useful capacity
10,612.13 hm³
Coordinates
19.131°S, 47.694°W
Operator
ONS
44.4% of useful capacity
Current fill
44.4%of useful capacity
vs 7 days ago
-0.4 pplosing
vs 1 year ago
+2.4 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
→stable
Drought context
Storage vs October average
102%of normal
44.4% full on 2026-10-27, against an average of 43.6% for October across 2 years of readings (+0.8 points).
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Near normal
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around NOVA PONTE 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 | 13,116 hm³ |
| Usable capacity | 10,612 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. 19.131°S, 47.694°W · Open in Google Maps
About NOVA PONTE
As of October 27, 2026, NOVA PONTE is at 44.4% of useful capacity, holding 4,714 hm³ of 10,612 hm³. Of the 13,116 hm³ total capacity, that is 35.9%. 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 2.4 points above its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for NOVA PONTE — 65 data points between October 27, 2025 and October 27, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 29.4% (January 16, 2026) to a high of 51.6% (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
- 44.4% of useful capacity
- Water stored
- 4,714 hm³
- Total capacity
- 13,116 hm³
- Usable capacity
- 10,612 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▼ 0.4 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▲ 2.4 pp
- Primary use
- Hydroelectric power
- River
- PARANAÍBA
- River basin
- PARANAIBA
- Operator
- ONS
- Coordinates
- 19.131°S, 47.694°W
- Last updated
- October 27, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 27 Oct 2026 | 44.4% | 4,714 |
| 26 Oct 2026 | 44.7% | 4,747 |
| 25 Oct 2026 | 44.8% | 4,755 |
| 24 Oct 2026 | 45.0% | 4,772 |
| 23 Oct 2026 | 44.9% | 4,764 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 44.9% | 4,767 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 44.7% | 4,744 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 44.9% | 4,761 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 45.0% | 4,772 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | 45.1% | 4,784 |
| 17 Oct 2026 | 45.2% | 4,799 |
| 16 Oct 2026 | 45.4% | 4,814 |