Contreras
Valencia · Valencian Community · Júcar
Capacity
361 hm³
Coordinates
39.544°N, 1.502°W
Operator
CHJ
69.5% full
Current fill
69.5%vs 7 days ago
-0.3%losing
vs 1 year ago
+3.6%year-over-year
7-day trend
→stable
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Technical specifications
| Total capacity | 361 hm³ |
| Usable capacity | 324.9 hm³ |
| Primary use | Multi-purpose |
| Operator | CHJ |
| Province | Valencia |
| Autonomous community | Valencian Community |
| River basin | Júcar |
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 39.544, -1.502 · Open in Google Maps
About Contreras
As of September 7, 2026, Contreras is filled to 69.5% of its total capacity, holding roughly 251 hm³ of water out of a maximum 361 hm³. At this level the reservoir is within its normal operating range. Of that total, about 325 hm³ is usable (live) storage.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (-0.3 pts), and it is 3.6 points above its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Contreras — 419 data points between September 4, 2018 and September 7, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 13.7% (September 17, 2019) to a high of 93.6% (March 2, 2021). On average the reservoir is fullest around May and at its lowest around October.
It is operated by CHJ primarily for multiple purposes. It lies within the Júcar basin at 39.544°N, 1.502°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 69.5%
- Water stored
- 251 hm³
- Total capacity
- 361 hm³
- Usable capacity
- 325 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▼ 0.3 pts
- Year-on-year
- ▲ 3.6 pts
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- River basin
- Júcar
- Operator
- CHJ
- Coordinates
- 39.544°N, 1.502°W
- Last updated
- September 7, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 7 Sep 2026 | 69.5% | 251 |
| 1 Sep 2026 | 69.8% | 252 |
| 25 Aug 2026 | 70.6% | 255 |
| 18 Aug 2026 | 71.7% | 259 |
| 11 Aug 2026 | 72.9% | 263 |
| 4 Aug 2026 | 74.2% | 268 |
| 28 Jul 2026 | 75.1% | 271 |
| 21 Jul 2026 | 76.2% | 275 |
| 14 Jul 2026 | 77.6% | 280 |
| 7 Jul 2026 | 78.1% | 282 |
| 30 Jun 2026 | 78.7% | 284 |
| 23 Jun 2026 | 79.8% | 288 |