Releases from Davis and Parker dams will vary from about 2,000
cubic feet per second (cfs) to 15,000 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) 
----        -----     ----     -----     ----     -----     ---- 
Dec 13       6900    447.1     10400    636.5     10900    1083.2
Dec 14       6600    447.1     10400    636.5     10900    1083.3
Dec 15       6100    447.1     10400    636.5     10900    1083.3
Dec 16       5200    447.1      9200    636.6     10900    1083.4
Dec 17       6700    447.0      9200    636.7     10900    1083.5
Dec 18       7000    446.7      9200    636.7      8800    1083.6
Dec 19       7000    446.5      9200    636.6      8100    1083.8

Average      6500               9700              10200

Dec 20 to
Dec 26       4200    446.8      9000    637.0     10200    1084.4

Dec 27 to
Jan  2       4500    447.0      9100    637.6     10600    1085.0

Current Lake Powell storage is 14,750 thousand acre-feet (KAF)
(61 percent of capacity). Lake Mead storage is 10,007 KAF
(39 percent of capacity).  Total system storage is  32,254 KAF
(54 percent of capacity). Lake Powell elevation
is 3,629.08 feet.

Yesterday, the average Colorado River flows were 773 cfs near the
Yuma Fourth Avenue Bridge and 2,150 cfs at the Northerly
International Boundary.  The average release from Painted Rock Dam
was 0 cfs and Alamo Dam was 24 cfs.  The Morelos Dam diversions
for the week of 13-Dec-2010 are expected to be 1,850 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.