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Waterflow reports for the Colorado river from Glenn Canyon dam to Parker dam

Lower Colorado River Operations Schedule

Releases from Davis and Parker dams will vary from about 1,800 cubic feet per second
(cfs) to 20,000 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) 
----        -----     ----     -----     ----     -----     ---- 
Jan 18       6500    447.3     10000    641.8     13100    1097.7
Jan 19       6500    447.4     10000    642.0     13100    1097.7
Jan 20       6000    447.5     10000    642.2     13100    1097.8
Jan 21       5500    447.6     10800    642.4     13100    1097.8
Jan 22       7000    447.6     10800    642.5     13100    1097.9
Jan 23       6500    447.6     10800    642.5     10400    1098.0
Jan 24       6500    447.6     10800    642.4     10700    1098.1

Average      6400              10500              12400

Jan 25 to
Jan 31       6500    447.7     10800    643.0     12300    1098.5

Feb  1 to
Feb  7       7100    447.5     11000    643.4     12000    1098.8

Current Lake Powell storage is 14,182 thousand acre-feet (KAF) (58 percent of
capacity). Lake Mead storage is 11,259 KAF (44 percent of capacity).  Total
system storage is 33,003 KAF (56 percent of capacity). Lake Powell elevation
is 3623.91 feet.

The April-July forecast for the Colorado River is 6.2 million acre-feet or 
78 percent of average.

Yesterday, the average Colorado River flows were 749 cfs near the Yuma Fourth
Avenue Bridge and 1,776 cfs at the Northerly International Boundary.  The
average release from Painted Rock Dam was 0 cfs and Alamo Dam was 22 cfs.  The
Morelos Dam diversions for the week of 18-Jan-2010 are expected to be 2,070 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.


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