While good inflows in 2010 have allowed some recovery of dam levels after a decade of drought, Copeton Dam has not been full since 2000.

How much water is in copeton dam now?

In 1976 construction was completed on nine radial gates in the spillway, increasing storage to its current capacity of 1,364,000 megalitres.

Was Thomson dam ever full?

On 31 July 1984, the newly-built reservoir was officially included in Melbourne's total water storages, more than doubling storage capacity. Still virtually empty when factored in, its size dragged down the city's storage levels from 65% to 26% overnight. It has been full three times: 1992, 1993 and 1996.