Lower Colorado River Operations Schedule
Releases from Davis and Parker dams will vary from about 4,000 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 17 9500 447.4 12500 640.3 11100 1111.4 10100
Sep 18 9500 447.3 12500 640.2 11100 1111.4 10100
Sep 19 9000 447.2 12500 640.1 11100 1111.4 10100
Sep 20 8000 447.2 12500 639.9 11100 1111.4 10100
Sep 21 9000 447.1 12500 639.8 11100 1111.3 10100
Sep 22 9500 447.0 12500 639.5 9300 1111.4 10100
Sep 23 9500 446.9 12800 639.3 9300 1111.4 10100
Average 9100 12500 10600 10100
Sep 24 to
Sep 30 9100 446.5 12800 638.0 10600 1111.3 10100
Oct 1 to
Oct 7 8700 446.1 10700 636.3 7700 1111.6 9800
Current Lake Powell storage is 11,962 thousand acre-feet (KAF) (49 percent of
capacity). Lake Mead storage is 12,543 KAF (48 percent of capacity). Total
system storage is 32,375 KAF (55 percent of capacity). Lake Powell elevation
is 3602.21 feet.
The observed April-July forecast for the Colorado River was 4.0 million acre-
feet or 51 percent of average.
Yesterday, the average Colorado River flows were 1,040 cfs near the Yuma Fourth
Avenue Bridge and 1,310 cfs at the Northerly International Boundary. The
average release from Painted Rock Dam was 0 cfs and Alamo Dam was 37 cfs. The
Morelos Dam diversions for the week of 17-Sep-2007 are expected to be 1,500 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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