SALTO
Goiás · PARANAIBA
Useful capacity
58.4 hm³
Coordinates
18.808°S, 51.171°W
Operator
ONS
98.5% of useful capacity
Current fill
98.5%of useful capacity
vs 7 days ago
0.0 ppstable
vs 1 year ago
+5.1 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
→stable
Drought context
Storage vs October average
109%of normal
98.5% full on 2026-10-26, against an average of 90.5% for October across 2 years of readings (+8.0 points).
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Near normal
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around SALTO 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 −0.28). Rain, not storage. Brazil drought figures →
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Technical specifications
| Total capacity | 826.06 hm³ |
| Usable capacity | 58.4 hm³ |
| Primary use | Hydroelectric |
| Operator | ONS |
| River | VERDE |
| Province | Goiás |
| River basin | PARANAIBA |
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 18.808°S, 51.171°W · Open in Google Maps
About SALTO
As of October 26, 2026, SALTO is at 98.5% of useful capacity, holding 57.5 hm³ of 58.4 hm³. Of the 826.06 hm³ total capacity, that is 7.0%. At this level the reservoir is high.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (+0.0 pp), and it is 5.1 points above its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for SALTO — 65 data points between October 26, 2025 and October 26, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 76.2% (October 13, 2026) to a high of 100.0% (November 21, 2025). On average the reservoir is fullest around April and at its lowest around September.
It is operated by ONS primarily for hydroelectric power. It lies within the PARANAIBA basin at 18.808°S, 51.171°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 98.5% of useful capacity
- Water stored
- 57.5 hm³
- Total capacity
- 826.06 hm³
- Usable capacity
- 58.4 hm³
- 7-day change
- No change
- Year-on-year
- ▲ 5.1 pp
- Primary use
- Hydroelectric power
- River
- VERDE
- River basin
- PARANAIBA
- Operator
- ONS
- Coordinates
- 18.808°S, 51.171°W
- Last updated
- October 26, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 26 Oct 2026 | 98.5% | 57.5 |
| 25 Oct 2026 | 93.4% | 54.5 |
| 24 Oct 2026 | 86.3% | 50.4 |
| 23 Oct 2026 | 82.2% | 48 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 83.2% | 48.6 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 87.3% | 51 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 96.4% | 56.3 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 98.5% | 57.5 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | 93.4% | 54.5 |
| 17 Oct 2026 | 88.3% | 51.6 |
| 16 Oct 2026 | 84.3% | 49.2 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 80.2% | 46.8 |