SALTO CAXIAS
Paraná · IGUACU
Capacity
3,573 hm³
Coordinates
-25.541°N, 53.494°W
Operator
ONS
54.2% full
Current fill
54.2%vs 7 days ago
+5.0%gaining
vs 1 year ago
N/A7-day trend
↑rising
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Technical specifications
| Total capacity | 3,573 hm³ |
| Usable capacity | 272.76 hm³ |
| Primary use | Hydroelectric |
| Operator | ONS |
| River | IGUAÇU |
| Province | Paraná |
| River basin | IGUACU |
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About SALTO CAXIAS
As of October 7, 2026, SALTO CAXIAS is filled to 54.2% of its total capacity, holding roughly 148 hm³ of water out of a maximum 3,573 hm³. At this level the reservoir is within its normal operating range. Of that total, about 273 hm³ is usable (live) storage.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has risen by 5.0 percentage points.
Across the readings we hold for SALTO CAXIAS — 52 data points between October 24, 2025 and October 7, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 28.1% (February 13, 2026) to a high of 90.4% (July 3, 2026). On average the reservoir is fullest around November and at its lowest around February.
It is operated by ONS primarily for hydroelectric power. It lies within the IGUACU basin at 25.541°S, 53.494°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 54.2%
- Water stored
- 148 hm³
- Total capacity
- 3,573 hm³
- Usable capacity
- 273 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▲ 5.0 pts
- Primary use
- Hydroelectric power
- River
- IGUAÇU
- River basin
- IGUACU
- Operator
- ONS
- Coordinates
- 25.541°S, 53.494°W
- Last updated
- October 7, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 7 Oct 2026 | 54.2% | 148 |
| 2 Oct 2026 | 49.2% | 134 |
| 25 Sep 2026 | 46.7% | 127 |
| 18 Sep 2026 | 37.6% | 103 |
| 11 Sep 2026 | 38.6% | 105 |
| 4 Sep 2026 | 71.8% | 196 |
| 28 Aug 2026 | 35.1% | 96 |
| 21 Aug 2026 | 59.7% | 163 |
| 14 Aug 2026 | 53.2% | 145 |
| 7 Aug 2026 | 52.7% | 144 |
| 31 Jul 2026 | 70.3% | 192 |
| 24 Jul 2026 | 73.8% | 201 |