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) 
----        -----     ----     -----     ----     -----     ---- 
Apr 18      13000    448.1     17000    643.0     19000    1096.1
Apr 19      14000    448.0     17000    643.1     19000    1096.0
Apr 20      12500    448.0     17000    643.2     19100    1095.9
Apr 21      10500    448.2     17000    643.3     19100    1095.8
Apr 22      14000    448.1     17000    643.5     19100    1095.7
Apr 23      13000    448.0     17000    643.4     17000    1095.7
Apr 24      13500    448.0     17600    643.3     16400    1095.6

Average     12900              17100              18400

Apr 25 to
May  1      13000    448.1     17400    643.4     18200    1095.2

May  2 to
May  8      11900    447.9     16400    643.5     17100    1095.2

Current Lake Powell storage is 12,711 thousand acre-feet (KAF)
(52 percent of capacity).
Lake Mead storage is 11,159 KAF (43 percent of capacity).
Total system storage is 31,408 KAF (53 percent of capacity).
Lake Powell elevation is 3,609.81 feet.

The April-July forecast for the Colorado River is 9.5 million
acre-feet or 120 percent of average.

Yesterday, the average Colorado River flows were 1,730 cfs near
the Yuma Fourth Avenue Bridge and 3,955 cfs at the Northerly
International Boundary.  The average release from Painted Rock
Dam was 0 cfs and Alamo Dam was 41 cfs.
The Morelos Dam diversions for the week of 18-Apr-2011 are
expected to be 2,876 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.