Reservoir · Cundinamarca · Colombia · XM
Chuza (Chingaza)
92.8% full
Capacity
971.24 GWh
Energy stored
902 GWh
River
Chuza
Coordinates
4.520°N, 73.690°W
Last updated
2026-09-09
Current fill
92.8%vs 7 days ago
+1.6%gaining
vs 1 year ago
+4.7%year-over-year
7-day trend
↑rising
Data source: XM — Operador del Mercado de Energía — daily useful-energy storage (VoluUtilDiarEner) and useful capacity (CapaUtilDiarEner). Colombia is a hydropower system, so storage is reported as energy (GWh), not water volume; fill % is useful energy ÷ useful capacity. Last reading: 2026-09-09.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
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About Chuza (Chingaza)
As of September 9, 2026, Chuza (Chingaza) is filled to 92.8% of its total capacity, holding roughly 902 GWh of water out of a maximum 971 GWh. At this level the reservoir is high.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has risen by 1.6 percentage points, and it is 4.7 points above its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Chuza (Chingaza) — 2078 data points between January 1, 2021 and September 9, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 13.4% (April 18, 2024) to a high of 102.5% (August 21, 2021). On average the reservoir is fullest around August and at its lowest around April.
It is operated by XM primarily for hydroelectric power. It lies within the Chuza basin at 4.520°N, 73.690°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 92.8%
- Water stored
- 902 GWh
- Total capacity
- 971 GWh
- 7-day change
- ▲ 1.6 pts
- Year-on-year
- ▲ 4.7 pts
- Primary use
- Hydroelectric power
- River
- Chuza
- River basin
- Chuza
- Operator
- XM
- Coordinates
- 4.520°N, 73.690°W
- Last updated
- September 9, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (GWh) |
|---|---|---|
| 9 Sep 2026 | 92.8% | 902 |
| 8 Sep 2026 | 92.7% | 901 |
| 7 Sep 2026 | 92.7% | 900 |
| 6 Sep 2026 | 92.6% | 900 |
| 5 Sep 2026 | 92.4% | 898 |
| 4 Sep 2026 | 92.2% | 896 |
| 3 Sep 2026 | 91.8% | 892 |
| 2 Sep 2026 | 91.2% | 886 |
| 1 Sep 2026 | 90.1% | 875 |
| 31 Aug 2026 | 90.0% | 874 |
| 30 Aug 2026 | 89.6% | 870 |
| 29 Aug 2026 | 87.0% | 845 |