--- title: Water storages and their capacity, Victoria resource: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-water-storages/ publisher: Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action licence: CC BY 4.0 licence_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ version: 2025-10-31 rows: 66 fields: 5 source: https://www.water.vic.gov.au/__data/assets/excel_doc/0036/768717/storage_levels_january_2010_to_september_2025.xlsx source_sha256: a460aa55e4f81221b3441e21cfd73e781c57c8b4ca8cfda7e03b127c18baaf1e language: en-AU operator: National Digital not_endorsed: true --- # Water storages and their capacity, Victoria The reservoirs in Victoria's monthly storage report with their supply system, total capacity in megalitres and the water corporation's page. About 65 storages, updated with the monthly report. Published by Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action under CC BY 4.0 and republished here in other formats, with cells typed and suppressed values made null. Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action has not endorsed this site. Also called: Victorian dams list, Melbourne water storages capacity, Victoria reservoir capacity. ## Download Latest version, redirects to `https://publicdata.au/d/vic-water-storages/v/2025-10-31/`: - csv: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-water-storages/latest/data.csv (7.9 KB) - xlsx: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-water-storages/latest/data.xlsx (11 KB) - json: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-water-storages/latest/data.json (15 KB) - parquet: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-water-storages/latest/data.parquet (9.3 KB) - sqlite: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-water-storages/latest/data.sqlite (37 KB) - duckdb: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-water-storages/latest/data.duckdb (100 KB) - ndjson: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-water-storages/latest/data.ndjson (14 KB) - arrow: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-water-storages/latest/data.arrow (7.7 KB) - csv.gz: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-water-storages/latest/data.csv.gz (1.9 KB) Pinned version 2025-10-31: `https://publicdata.au/d/vic-water-storages/v/2025-10-31/data.`. Dated versions never change. ## Query The query API returns only the rows you ask for, as JSON, NDJSON or CSV, from the same typed rows as the files. It needs no key. Rows: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/vic-water-storages/rows. Counts and sums: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/vic-water-storages/aggregate. - Rows: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/vic-water-storages/rows?limit=5 - Aggregate: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/vic-water-storages/aggregate?group=system&metric=sum.total_capacity_ml Each filter is `field=operator.value` in the query string, and every filter must match. A number or date field compares as a number or date, and a text field compares as text. Values are case-sensitive except with `ilike`. Prefix `not.` to negate a filter, as `not.eq.value`. Operators: `eq.value`, `neq.value`, `gt.value`, `gte.value`, `lt.value`, `lte.value`, `like.*text*`, `ilike.*text*`, `in.(a,b,c)`, `is.null`. - `select`: Fields to return, comma-separated. Every field when absent. - `order`: `field.asc` or `field.desc`, comma-separated. The publisher's row order when absent. - `limit`: Rows per page, 1 to 10,000. 100 when absent. - `offset`: Rows to skip. The `next` URL in each answer sets it for you. - `group`: On `aggregate`, fields to group by, comma-separated. - `metric`: On `aggregate`, `count`, `sum.field`, `avg.field`, `min.field` or `max.field`, comma-separated. `count` when absent. - `format`: `json`, `ndjson` or `csv`. JSON carries the provenance header, and the others carry it in response headers. Without a version the API answers from the newest loaded version, and that answer changes when the publisher releases again. Put `versions//` before `rows` or `aggregate` for an answer that never changes. `/api/v1/datasets//versions` lists the loaded versions. The API allows 60 requests in 10 seconds from one address. Above that it answers 429 for 10 seconds with a `Retry-After` header, a `RateLimit-Policy` header and a JSON body that gives the limit. Every API answer carries the same `RateLimit-Policy`. A client should wait the `Retry-After` seconds, or read the files, which have no limit. OpenAPI for this dataset: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-water-storages/openapi.json ## Explore Charts and dashboards in the browser: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-water-storages/explore/. A dashboard can be shared as a link or embedded. ## Fields | field | type | publisher's header | note | |---|---|---|---| | `reservoir` | string | Reservoir | | | `system` | string | System | | | `total_capacity_ml` | number | Total_Capacity | | | `website` | string | Website | | | `notes` | string | Notes | | Key: `reservoir`. ## Versions - 2025-10-31: 66 rows, 5 fields, sha256 a460aa55e4f8. https://publicdata.au/d/vic-water-storages/v/2025-10-31/ Machine-readable: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-water-storages/versions.json, https://publicdata.au/d/vic-water-storages/changes.json, https://publicdata.au/d/vic-water-storages/datapackage.json, https://publicdata.au/d/vic-water-storages/schema.json, https://publicdata.au/d/vic-water-storages/history.tar.zst ## Same subject, other publishers - [Daily storage volume of Melbourne Water's dams, 1940 to 2020](https://publicdata.au/d/vic-melbourne-water-daily-storage/) (Vic) - [Daily water storage levels, Australian dams and reservoirs](https://publicdata.au/d/au-water-storage-levels/) (Cth) - [Water storages reporting to the Bureau of Meteorology, Australia](https://publicdata.au/d/au-water-storages/) (Cth) - [Reservoir volumes, metropolitan Adelaide](https://publicdata.au/d/sa-reservoir-volumes/) (SA) - [Beach Report enterococci samples, Port Phillip Bay, since 2013](https://publicdata.au/d/vic-beach-report-enterococci/) (Vic) - [Lakes and rivers water quality samples, ACT](https://publicdata.au/d/act-lakes-rivers-water-quality/) (ACT) - [Recreational lakes and rivers water quality, ACT, 2019-20 season](https://publicdata.au/d/act-recreational-water-quality-2019-20/) (ACT) - [Recreational lakes and rivers water quality, ACT, 2018-19 season](https://publicdata.au/d/act-recreational-water-quality-2018-19/) (ACT) - [Beachwatch swim sites with pollution forecasts and latest water quality, New South Wales](https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-beachwatch-sites/) (NSW) - [Open surface water gauging stations, Queensland](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-surface-water-gauging-stations/) (Qld) - [Bushfire and prescribed burn history, South Australia](https://publicdata.au/d/sa-fire-history/) (SA) - [River Murray predicted flood extent at 100 GL a day, South Australia](https://publicdata.au/d/sa-river-murray-flood-100gl/) (SA) ## Attribution and citation Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action, Victorian Government, Regional, Melbourne and all Victoria monthly water storage levels, sourced 1 October 2026, https://discover.data.vic.gov.au/dataset/regional-melbourne-and-all-victoria-monthly-water-storage-levels, licensed under CC BY 4.0. The licence requires the publisher's attribution. We ask that you also name publicdata.au and link to the version you used. Plain text: Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action, Victorian Government, Regional, Melbourne and all Victoria monthly water storage levels, sourced 1 October 2026, https://discover.data.vic.gov.au/dataset/regional-melbourne-and-all-victoria-monthly-water-storage-levels, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/vic-water-storages/v/2025-10-31/ Harvard: Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action (2025) Water storages and their capacity, Victoria, version 2025-10-31 [data set], CC BY 4.0, sourced 1 October 2026. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au. Available at: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-water-storages/v/2025-10-31/ Markdown: Data: [Water storages and their capacity, Victoria](https://discover.data.vic.gov.au/dataset/regional-melbourne-and-all-victoria-monthly-water-storage-levels), Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action, [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), sourced 1 October 2026. Files: [publicdata.au](https://publicdata.au/d/vic-water-storages/v/2025-10-31/) by [National Digital](https://nationaldigital.com.au/). ## Questions ### How do I download Water storages and their capacity as a CSV file? Open https://publicdata.au/d/vic-water-storages/latest/data.csv. It redirects to the newest dated version, which is https://publicdata.au/d/vic-water-storages/v/2025-10-31/data.csv today. The same path serves Excel, JSON, Parquet, SQLite, DuckDB, NDJSON, Arrow. A dated URL never changes, so use it when the file must stay the same. ### Can I open Water storages and their capacity in Excel? Yes. https://publicdata.au/d/vic-water-storages/v/2025-10-31/data.xlsx is a workbook with the 66 rows on a records sheet, the field list on a second sheet and the provenance on a third. The CSV also opens in Excel. https://publicdata.au/d/vic-water-storages/v/2025-10-31/data.csv.gz is the CSV at about a tenth of the size. ### How often is Water storages and their capacity updated? DEECA releases it monthly. This site checks the portal every week and adds a dated version when the file changes. ### Can I use Water storages and their capacity commercially? Yes. CC BY 4.0 allows commercial use, redistribution and derived works as long as the attribution is kept. The attribution string is in this page's side column and inside every file. ### Is this the official source for Water storages and their capacity? No. The publisher is Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action, and its page is https://discover.data.vic.gov.au/dataset/regional-melbourne-and-all-victoria-monthly-water-storage-levels. This site republishes the publisher's file without changing its content. The original sits beside every version as source.xlsx with its SHA-256, so the two can be compared. ### What is this list? The reservoirs whose monthly levels the department reports, with the supply system each belongs to, its total capacity in megalitres, the water corporation's page about it and any note on a change to the capacity figure. It is the second sheet of the monthly storage levels spreadsheet. ### How do I get a percentage full? Join the monthly storage levels dataset to this one on the reservoir name and divide the month's volume by the total capacity. Both are as the publisher states them, and a capacity can change when a storage is resurveyed, which the note column records. ## What this site did to the data Cells were typed, headers were renamed to snake_case and the encoding was made UTF-8. Rows were left alone. Nothing is derived. The publisher's file is beside every version as `source.xlsx`. ## Improve this dataset This page is built from [register/vic-water-storages.yaml](https://github.com/National-Digital/publicdata.au/blob/main/register/vic-water-storages.yaml) on GitHub, and a fix to it is welcome as a pull request. https://publicdata.au/contribute/ explains how.