Releases from Davis and Parker dams will vary from about 4,600 cubic feet per
second (cfs) to 23,000 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 averages for the following 2 weeks, are scheduled as follows:


            Parker             Davis              Hoover         
            Dam       Lake     Dam       Lake     Dam       Lake 
            Average   Havasu   Average   Mohave   Average   Mead 
            Release   Elev.    Release   Elev.    Release   Elev.
Date        (cfs)     (ft)     (cfs)     (ft)     (cfs)     (ft) 
----        -----     ----     -----     ----     -----     ---- 
Sep 14       8000    448.8     11800    640.2     10400    1093.6
Sep 15       8000    448.7     11800    640.1     10400    1093.5
Sep 16       8000    448.7     12000    640.0     10400    1093.5
Sep 17       7000    448.7     12000    639.8     10400    1093.5
Sep 18       8000    448.6     12000    639.7     10400    1093.5
Sep 19       8000    448.5     12000    639.3      7600    1093.6
Sep 20       8500    448.4     12000    639.0      7900    1093.6

Average      7900              11900               9600

Sep 21 to
Sep 27       9000    447.3     12000    637.6      9600    1093.6

Sep 28 to
Oct  4       8500    446.3     10700    636.4      8500    1093.8


Current Lake Powell storage is 15,620 thousand acre-feet (KAF) (64 percent of
capacity). Lake Mead storage is 10,928 KAF (42 percent of capacity).  Total
system storage is 34,655 KAF (58 percent of capacity).  Lake Powell elevation
is 3,636.73 feet.

The observed April-July inflow for the Colorado River is 7.814 million acre-
feet or 99 percent of average.

Yesterday, the average Colorado River flows were 1,144 cfs near the Yuma Fourth
Avenue Bridge and 1,313 cfs at the Northerly International Boundary.  The
average release from Painted Rock Dam was 0 cfs and Alamo Dam was 66 cfs.  The
Morelos Dam diversions for the week of 14-Sep-2009 are expected to be 1,300 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 exercised while using the river between Davis Dam and the
Mexican Border at San Luis, Arizona.