Releases from Davis and Parker dams will vary from about 4,500 cubic
feet per second (cfs) to 24,000 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) 
----        -----     ----     -----     ----     -----     ---- 
Oct 18       9500    447.3     13600    633.9     11200    1083.3
Oct 19       9500    447.3     11800    633.9     11200    1083.2
Oct 20       9200    447.1     11800    633.8     11200    1083.1
Oct 21       7300    447.1     11800    633.8     11300    1083.0
Oct 22       9100    446.9     11800    633.7     11300    1082.9
Oct 23       9100    446.7     11800    633.5      9200    1082.9
Oct 24       9200    446.5     11800    633.2      8500    1082.9

Average      9000              12100              10600

Oct 25 to
Oct 31       6800    446.3     11000    633.1     10800    1082.4

Nov  1 to
Nov  7       6800    446.4     11600    633.4     12600    1082.3

Current Lake Powell storage is 15,339 thousand acre-feet (KAF)
(63 percent of capacity). Lake Mead storage is 10,063 KAF
(39 percent of capacity).  Total system storage is 32,961 KAF
(56 percent of capacity). Lake Powell elevation is 3,634.29 feet.

Yesterday, the average Colorado River flows were 1,160 cfs near the
Yuma Fourth Avenue Bridge and 1,345 cfs at the Northerly International
Boundary.  The average release from Painted Rock Dam was 0 cfs and
Alamo Dam was 38 cfs.  The Morelos Dam diversions for the week of
18-Oct-2010 are expected to be 1,197 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.