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) 
----        -----     ----     -----     ----     -----     ---- 
Feb 28       8700    447.2      8800    643.1     13100    1095.9
Mar  1       8800    446.8     11800    643.4     17200    1095.9
Mar  2       8000    446.6     11800    643.8     17200    1095.9
Mar  3       7500    446.6     11800    644.1     17200    1095.9
Mar  4       8500    446.5     13200    644.4     17200    1095.9
Mar  5       8500    446.4     13200    644.5     15100    1095.9
Mar  6       8500    446.5     16400    644.3     14500    1095.9

Average      8400              12400              15900

Mar  7 to
Mar 13      10800    447.4     16400    644.1     16400    1096.0

Mar 14 to
Mar 20      11800    447.8     16400    643.9     16400    1096.1

Current Lake Powell storage is 13,299 thousand acre-feet (KAF)
(55 percent of capacity).
Lake Mead storage is 11,085 KAF (43 percent of capacity).
Total system storage is  31,912 KAF (54 percent of capacity).
Lake Powell elevation is 3,615.57 feet.

The April-July forecast for the Colorado River is 9.0 million
acre-feet or 113 percent of average.

Yesterday, the average Colorado River flows were 2,880 cfs near
the Yuma Fourth Avenue Bridge and 3,673 cfs at the Northerly
International Boundary. The average release from Painted Rock Dam
was 0 cfs and Alamo Dam was 39 cfs. The Morelos Dam diversions for
the week of 28-Feb-2011 are expected to be 2,947 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.