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Waterflow reports for the Colorado river from Glenn Canyon dam to Parker dam

Lower Colorado River Operations Schedule

Releases from Davis and Parker dams will vary from about 8,000 cubic feet per second
(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:

            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)
----        -----     ----     -----     ----     -----     ----      -----
Oct  2      10500    446.5     13500    638.8     13000    1125.0      8100
Oct  3      10500    446.4     13000    638.7     13000    1125.0      8100
Oct  4      10500    446.3     13000    638.7     13000    1124.9      8100
Oct  5       8000    446.5     13000    638.6     13000    1124.8      8100
Oct  6      10000    446.5     13000    638.6     13000    1124.8      8100
Oct  7      10500    446.4     12000    638.4     10000    1124.8      8100
Oct  8      10500    446.2     12000    638.2      9300    1124.8      8100

Average     10100              12800              12000                8100
Oct  9 to
Oct 15       8600    446.7     12100    636.5      9300    1124.8      8100

Oct 16 to
Oct 22       7600    447.1     10600    635.5      9300    1124.8      8100

Current Lake Powell storage is 11922 thousand acre-feet (KAF) (49 percent of
capacity). Lake Mead storage is 13890 KAF (54 percent of capacity).  Total
system storage is  33550 KAF (56 percent of capacity). Lake Powell elevation
is 3601.79 feet.

The Projected April-July forecast for the Colorado River is 5.32 million acre-
feet or 67 percent of average.

Yesterday, the average Colorado River flows were cfs near the Yuma Fourth
Avenue Bridge and cfs at the Northerly International Boundary.  The
average release from Painted Rock Dam was 1 cfs and Alamo Dam was 48 cfs.  The
Morelos Dam diversions for the week of 02-Oct-2006 are expected to be 1,160 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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