Salas
Ourense · Galicia · Miño - Sil
Capacity
87 hm³
Coordinates
41.921°N, 7.931°W
Operator
CHS
29.9% full
Current fill
29.9%vs 7 days ago
-1.1%losing
vs 1 year ago
-11.5%year-over-year
7-day trend
→stable
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Technical specifications
| Total capacity | 87 hm³ |
| Usable capacity | 78.3 hm³ |
| Primary use | Multi-purpose |
| Operator | CHS |
| Province | Ourense |
| Autonomous community | Galicia |
| River basin | Miño - Sil |
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 41.921, -7.931 · Open in Google Maps
About Salas
As of September 7, 2026, Salas is filled to 29.9% of its total capacity, holding roughly 26 hm³ of water out of a maximum 87 hm³. At this level the reservoir is low. Of that total, about 78 hm³ is usable (live) storage.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (-1.1 pts), and it is 11.5 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Salas — 419 data points between September 4, 2018 and September 7, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 21.8% (November 15, 2022) to a high of 71.3% (January 24, 2023). On average the reservoir is fullest around April and at its lowest around November.
It is operated by CHS primarily for multiple purposes. It lies within the Miño - Sil basin at 41.921°N, 7.931°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 29.9%
- Water stored
- 26 hm³
- Total capacity
- 87 hm³
- Usable capacity
- 78 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▼ 1.1 pts
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 11.5 pts
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- River basin
- Miño - Sil
- Operator
- CHS
- Coordinates
- 41.921°N, 7.931°W
- Last updated
- September 7, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 7 Sep 2026 | 29.9% | 26 |
| 1 Sep 2026 | 31.0% | 27 |
| 25 Aug 2026 | 34.5% | 30 |
| 18 Aug 2026 | 39.1% | 34 |
| 11 Aug 2026 | 43.7% | 38 |
| 4 Aug 2026 | 47.1% | 41 |
| 28 Jul 2026 | 51.7% | 45 |
| 21 Jul 2026 | 54.0% | 47 |
| 14 Jul 2026 | 56.3% | 49 |
| 7 Jul 2026 | 58.6% | 51 |
| 30 Jun 2026 | 58.6% | 51 |
| 23 Jun 2026 | 59.8% | 52 |