Lower Colorado River Operations Schedule
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 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)
---- ----- ---- ----- ---- ----- ---- -----
Sep 3 10000 448.3 13200 641.7 12200 1111.9 10100
Sep 4 10000 448.2 12200 641.7 12200 1111.9 10100
Sep 5 9000 448.2 12200 641.6 12200 1111.9 10100
Sep 6 7000 448.4 12200 641.6 12200 1111.8 10100
Sep 7 10000 448.3 12200 641.6 12200 1111.8 10100
Sep 8 10000 448.2 13200 641.4 10400 1111.8 10100
Sep 9 10000 448.1 13200 641.2 10400 1111.8 10100
Average 9400 12600 11700 10100
Sep 10 to
Sep 16 9400 447.8 12800 640.3 11400 1111.6 10100
Sep 17 to
Sep 23 9400 447.3 12800 639.5 11400 1111.4 10100
Current Lake Powell storage is 12,100 thousand acre-feet (KAF) (50 percent of
capacity). Lake Mead storage is 12,582 KAF (49 percent of capacity). Total
system storage is 32,662 KAF (55 percent of capacity). Lake Powell elevation
is 3603.63 feet.
Yesterday, the average Colorado River flows were 1,150 cfs near the Yuma Fourth
Avenue Bridge and 2,697 cfs at the Northerly International Boundary. The
average release from Painted Rock Dam was 1 cfs and Alamo Dam was 37 cfs. The
Morelos Dam diversions for the week of 03-Sep-2007 are expected to be 1,300 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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