Lower Colorado River Operations Schedule
Releases from Davis and Parker dams will vary from about 4,600 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 Glen Cyn
Dam Lake Dam Lake Dam Lake Dam
Average Havasu Average Mohave Average Mead Average
Release Elev. Release Elev. Release Elev. Release
Date (cfs) (ft) (cfs) (ft) (cfs) (ft) (cfs)
---- ----- ---- ----- ---- ----- ---- -----
Jul 30 11500 447.9 13600 643.0 16200 1111.5 13100
Jul 31 11500 447.9 14100 643.1 16200 1111.4 13100
Aug 1 11500 448.0 12200 643.1 13400 1111.4 13100
Aug 2 10000 448.0 12200 643.2 13400 1111.4 13100
Aug 3 12000 447.8 12200 643.2 13400 1111.5 13100
Aug 4 11500 447.6 12200 643.1 11600 1111.5 13100
Aug 5 11500 447.5 12200 643.0 11600 1111.6 13100
Average 11400 12700 13700 13100
Aug 6 to
Aug 12 10000 447.6 12200 642.9 12700 1111.8 13100
Aug 13 to
Aug 19 10000 447.5 12200 642.8 12700 1112.0 13100
Current Lake Powell storage is 12,523 thousand acre-feet (KAF) (51 percent of
capacity). Lake Mead storage is 12,559 KAF (49 percent of capacity). Total
system storage is 33,156 KAF (56 percent of capacity). Lake Powell elevation
is 3607.93 feet.
The Projected April-July forecast for the Colorado River is 4.025 million acre-
feet or 51 percent of average.
Yesterday, the average Colorado River flows were 1,500 cfs near the Yuma Fourth
Avenue Bridge and 1,663 cfs at the Northerly International Boundary. The
average release from Painted Rock Dam was 2 cfs and Alamo Dam was 37 cfs. The
Morelos Dam diversions for the week of 30-Jul-2007 are expected to be 1,720 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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