11/14 Lower Colorado River Operations Schedule
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Lower Colorado River Operations Schedule

Releases from Davis and Parker Dams will vary from about 8,000 cfs to 22,000 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:

Date Parker Dam Average Release (cfs) Lake Havasu Elev. (cfs) Davis Dam Average Release (cfs) Lake Mohave Elev. (ft) Hoover Dam Average Release (cfs) Lake Mead Elev. (ft) Glen Canyon Dam Average Release (cfs)

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Nov 13

8,500 447.5 10,400 632.3 14,000 1196.4 13,000
Nov 14 8,500

447.2

10,400

632.5

14,000 1196.3 13,000
Nov 15
8,000
447.0 10,400 632.8 14,000

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1196.3
13,000
Nov 16
6,000

447.0

10,400 633.0 14,000 1196.3 13,000
Nov 17 8,000 446.8 10,400 633.2 13,900 1196.2 13,000
Nov 18 8,000 446.6 10,400 633.3 11,300 1196.3 13,000
Nov 19 8,500 446.3 9,400 633.3 10,100 1196.3 13,000
Average 7,900
10,300
13,000 andnbsp; 13,000

Nov 20 Nov 26

6,000

446.0

10,700 633.9 13,700

1196.2

13,000
Nov 27 Dec 2 6,100 446.4 11,300 635.1 13,500 1196.1 13,000

Current Lake Powell storage is 20,644 thousand acre-feet (KAF) (85 percent of capacity). Lake Mead storage is 22,394 KAF (87 percent of capacity). Total system storage is 50,197 KAF (85 percent of capacity). Lake Powell elevation is 3675.7 feet.

Yesterday, the average Colorado River flows were 840 cfs near the Yuma Fourth Avenue Bridge and 2,000 cfs at the Northerly International Boundary. The average release from Painted Rock Dam was 0 cfs and Alamo Dam was 25 cfs. The Morelos Dam diversions for the week of November 13th are expected to be 1,950 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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