El Aguijón
Badajoz · Extremadura · Guadiana
Capacity
11 hm³
Coordinates
38.475°N, 6.910°W
Operator
CHSU
81.8% full
Current fill
81.8%vs 7 days ago
0.0%stable
vs 1 year ago
-9.1%year-over-year
7-day trend
→stable
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Technical specifications
| Total capacity | 11 hm³ |
| Usable capacity | 9.9 hm³ |
| Primary use | Multi-purpose |
| Operator | CHSU |
| Province | Badajoz |
| Autonomous community | Extremadura |
| River basin | Guadiana |
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About El Aguijón
As of September 7, 2026, El Aguijón is filled to 81.8% of its total capacity, holding roughly 9 hm³ of water out of a maximum 11 hm³. At this level the reservoir is high. Of that total, about 10 hm³ is usable (live) storage.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (+0.0 pts), and it is 9.1 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for El Aguijón — 419 data points between September 4, 2018 and September 7, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 72.7% (September 15, 2020) to a high of 100.0% (December 11, 2018). On average the reservoir is fullest around April and at its lowest around October.
It is operated by CHSU primarily for multiple purposes. It lies within the Guadiana basin at 38.475°N, 6.910°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 81.8%
- Water stored
- 9 hm³
- Total capacity
- 11 hm³
- Usable capacity
- 10 hm³
- 7-day change
- No change
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 9.1 pts
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- River basin
- Guadiana
- Operator
- CHSU
- Coordinates
- 38.475°N, 6.910°W
- Last updated
- September 7, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 7 Sep 2026 | 81.8% | 9 |
| 1 Sep 2026 | 81.8% | 9 |
| 25 Aug 2026 | 90.9% | 10 |
| 18 Aug 2026 | 90.9% | 10 |
| 11 Aug 2026 | 90.9% | 10 |
| 4 Aug 2026 | 90.9% | 10 |
| 28 Jul 2026 | 90.9% | 10 |
| 21 Jul 2026 | 90.9% | 10 |
| 14 Jul 2026 | 90.9% | 10 |
| 7 Jul 2026 | 90.9% | 10 |
| 30 Jun 2026 | 90.9% | 10 |
| 23 Jun 2026 | 100.0% | 11 |