07/21 PROJECTED LOWER COLORADO RIVER OPERATIONS SCHEDULE
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PROJECTED LOWER COLORADO RIVER
OPERATIONS SCHEDULE

Releases from Davis and Parker dams will vary from about 8,000 cfs to 22,000 cfs during a 24-hour period. River levels will vary during the 24-hour periods with the higher levels coinciding with periods of peak hydroelectric power generation. Levels below the dams are usually highest during the afternoon and early evening. Average daily releases may vary in response to changing conditions.

Average daily releases and midnight lake elevations for the week, as well as anticipated average for the following 2 weeks, are scheduled as follows:

Date Parker Dam Average Releases (cfs)
Lake Havasu Elev.
(ft)
Davis Dam Average Release (cfs) Lake Mohave Elev.
(ft)
Hoover Dam Average Release (cfs) Lake Mead Elev.
(ft)
Glen Cyn Dam Average Release
(cfs)
Jul 21 11,400 448.8 14,300 643.7 17,400

1142.3

14,600
Jul 22 14,000 448.7 14,100 643.8 17,400 1142.3 14,600
Jul 23 13,500 448.5 14,100 644.0 17,400 1142.2 14,600
Jul 24 8,000 448.9 14,100 644.3 17,400 1142.2 14,600
Jul 25 13,000 448.8 14,100 644.5 17,400 1142.1 14,600
Jul 26 12,000 448.8 14,100 644.4 13,500 1142.2 14,600
Jul 27 13,000 448.6 14,100 644.2 12,300 1142.2 14,600
Average 12,100 - 14,100 - 16,100 - 14,600
Jul 28 to Aug 3 11,000 448.9 12,800 644.7 14,200 1142.2 14,600
Aug 4 to Aug 10 10,400 448.6 11,700 644.2 11,400 1142.5 14,600

Current Lake Powell storage is 13,091 thousand acre-feet (KAF) (54 percent of capacity). Lake Mead storage is 15,647 KAF (61 percent of capacity). Total system storage is 35,453 KAF (60 percent of capacity). Lake Powell elevation is 3613.55 feet.

The projected April - July inflow forecast for the COlorado River is 4.0 million acre-feet or 50 percent of average as of July 18, 2003.

Yesterday, the average Colorado River flows were 837 cfs near the Yuma Fourth Avenue Bridge and 1,766 cfs at the Northerly International Boundary. The average release from Painted Rock Dam was 0 cfs and Alamo Dam was 25 cfs. The Morelos Dam diversions for the week of July 21, 2003 are expected to be 1,970 cfs.

All RIVER USERS should remember that fluctuating river flows may conceal or create natural hazards such as moving sandbars, gravel bars, unstable riverbanks, floating or submerged debris, or other unfamiliar obstacles. Caution should be be exercised while using the river between Davis Dam and the Mexican Border at San Luis, Arizona.

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