Dam · Mpumalanga · South Africa · DWS
Jericho Dam
90.5% full
Total capacity
59 hm³
River
Mpama River
Basin
Inkomati-Usuthu
Primary use
water supply
Operator
DWS South Africa
Coordinates
26.655°S, 30.484°E
Last updated
2026-10-19
Current fill
90.5%vs 7 days ago
-1.2 pplosing
vs 1 year ago
-0.5 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
↓falling
Drought context
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Near normal
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around Jericho Dam 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 +0.41). Rain, not storage. South Africa drought figures →
Weekly storage
Fill history — multi-year
About this dam
Data source
official
Storage data: Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) Weekly State of Dams report, South Africa.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 26.655°S, 30.484°E · Open in Google Maps
About Jericho Dam
As of October 19, 2026, Jericho Dam is filled to 90.5% of its total capacity, holding 53.4 hm³ of water out of a maximum 59 hm³. At this level the reservoir is high.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has fallen by 1.2 percentage points, and it sits close to where it was a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Jericho Dam — 20 data points between October 19, 2025 and October 19, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 90.5% (October 19, 2026) to a high of 98.7% (May 31, 2026). On average the reservoir is fullest around May and at its lowest around October.
It is operated by DWS South Africa primarily for water supply. It lies within the Inkomati-Usuthu basin at 26.655°S, 30.484°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 90.5% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 53.4 hm³
- Total capacity
- 59 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▼ 1.2 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 0.5 pp
- Primary use
- Water supply
- River
- Mpama River
- River basin
- Inkomati-Usuthu
- Operator
- DWS South Africa
- Coordinates
- 26.655°S, 30.484°E
- Last updated
- October 19, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 19 Oct 2026 | 90.5% | 53.4 |
| 12 Oct 2026 | 91.7% | 54.1 |
| 5 Oct 2026 | 92.0% | 54.3 |
| 28 Sep 2026 | 91.8% | 54.2 |
| 21 Sep 2026 | 92.1% | 54.3 |
| 31 Aug 2026 | 92.1% | 54.2 |
| 24 Aug 2026 | 92.6% | 54.5 |
| 17 Aug 2026 | 92.8% | 54.7 |
| 10 Aug 2026 | 90.9% | 53.5 |
| 3 Aug 2026 | 92.0% | 54.2 |
| 27 Jul 2026 | 92.1% | 54.2 |
| 29 Jun 2026 | 94.8% | 55.8 |
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See also: South Africa dam levels, explained — how the DWS Weekly State of Dams report becomes the national and provincial figures.