Reservoir · Tolima · Colombia · XM
Prado
36.7% full
Capacity
90.38 GWh
Energy stored
33 GWh
River
Prado
Coordinates
3.750°N, 74.920°W
Last updated
2026-09-09
Current fill
36.7%vs 7 days ago
-3.9%losing
vs 1 year ago
+1.8%year-over-year
7-day trend
↓falling
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
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 3.750, -74.920 · Open in Google Maps
About Prado
As of September 9, 2026, Prado is filled to 36.7% of its total capacity, holding roughly 33 GWh of water out of a maximum 90 GWh. At this level the reservoir is low.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has fallen by 3.9 percentage points, and it is 1.8 points above its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Prado — 2078 data points between January 1, 2021 and September 9, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 2.5% (September 3, 2024) to a high of 77.5% (January 11, 2023). On average the reservoir is fullest around January and at its lowest around September.
It is operated by XM primarily for hydroelectric power. It lies within the Prado basin at 3.750°N, 74.920°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 36.7%
- Water stored
- 33 GWh
- Total capacity
- 90 GWh
- 7-day change
- ▼ 3.9 pts
- Year-on-year
- ▲ 1.8 pts
- Primary use
- Hydroelectric power
- River
- Prado
- River basin
- Prado
- Operator
- XM
- Coordinates
- 3.750°N, 74.920°W
- Last updated
- September 9, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (GWh) |
|---|---|---|
| 9 Sep 2026 | 36.7% | 33 |
| 8 Sep 2026 | 36.7% | 33 |
| 7 Sep 2026 | 36.7% | 33 |
| 6 Sep 2026 | 37.1% | 34 |
| 5 Sep 2026 | 38.1% | 34 |
| 4 Sep 2026 | 39.3% | 36 |
| 3 Sep 2026 | 40.4% | 37 |
| 2 Sep 2026 | 40.6% | 37 |
| 1 Sep 2026 | 41.6% | 38 |
| 31 Aug 2026 | 42.8% | 39 |
| 30 Aug 2026 | 44.0% | 40 |
| 29 Aug 2026 | 44.5% | 40 |