SALTO SANTIAGO
Paraná · IGUACU
Useful capacity
4,112.92 hm³
Coordinates
25.628°S, 52.608°W
Operator
ONS
80.7% of useful capacity
Current fill
80.7%of useful capacity
vs 7 days ago
+7.7 ppgaining
vs 1 year ago
-17.3 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
↑rising
Drought context
Storage vs October average
93%of normal
80.7% full on 2026-10-26, against an average of 86.6% for October across 2 years of readings (-5.9 points).
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Very wet
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around SALTO SANTIAGO had much more rain than normal, seen about one year in fifteen. Rainfall compared with the long-run record for the same season at this point (Copernicus Global Drought Observatory, SPI-3 index +1.98). Rain, not storage. Brazil drought figures →
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Technical specifications
| Total capacity | 6,775 hm³ |
| Usable capacity | 4,113 hm³ |
| Primary use | Hydroelectric |
| Operator | ONS |
| River | IGUAÇU |
| Province | Paraná |
| River basin | IGUACU |
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 25.628°S, 52.608°W · Open in Google Maps
About SALTO SANTIAGO
As of October 26, 2026, SALTO SANTIAGO is at 80.7% of useful capacity, holding 3,320 hm³ of 4,113 hm³. Of the 6,775 hm³ total capacity, that is 49.0%. At this level the reservoir is high.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has risen by 7.7 percentage points, and it is 17.3 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for SALTO SANTIAGO — 65 data points between October 26, 2025 and October 26, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 23.7% (April 24, 2026) to a high of 99.1% (November 14, 2025). On average the reservoir is fullest around November and at its lowest around April.
It is operated by ONS primarily for hydroelectric power. It lies within the IGUACU basin at 25.628°S, 52.608°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 80.7% of useful capacity
- Water stored
- 3,320 hm³
- Total capacity
- 6,775 hm³
- Usable capacity
- 4,113 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▲ 7.7 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 17.3 pp
- Primary use
- Hydroelectric power
- River
- IGUAÇU
- River basin
- IGUACU
- Operator
- ONS
- Coordinates
- 25.628°S, 52.608°W
- Last updated
- October 26, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 26 Oct 2026 | 80.7% | 3,320 |
| 25 Oct 2026 | 81.7% | 3,361 |
| 24 Oct 2026 | 79.0% | 3,250 |
| 23 Oct 2026 | 74.1% | 3,046 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 74.4% | 3,059 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 74.3% | 3,056 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 72.9% | 2,999 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 73.0% | 3,003 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | 73.2% | 3,010 |
| 17 Oct 2026 | 73.8% | 3,037 |
| 16 Oct 2026 | 74.9% | 3,080 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 75.8% | 3,118 |