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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 23,000 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)
----        -----     ----     -----     ----     -----     ----      -----
Apr 14      14000    446.4     18000    641.0     20700    1113.0     10100
Apr 15      14000    446.4     17600    641.2     20700    1112.8     10100
Apr 16      12800    446.5     17600    641.4     20700    1112.6     10100
Apr 17      12500    446.6     17600    641.6     20700    1112.4     10100
Apr 18      13800    446.6     17600    641.8     20800    1112.2     10100
Apr 19      13500    446.6     17600    641.9     19000    1112.0     10100
Apr 20      14000    446.6     17600    641.9     19000    1111.8     10100

Average     13500              17700              20200               10100

Apr 21 to
Apr 27      12200    447.4     17500    643.1     20200    1110.4     10100

Apr 28 to
May  4      12100    447.9     17200    643.6     18700    1109.3     11800

Current Lake Powell storage is 10,906 thousand acre-feet (KAF) (45 percent of
capacity). Lake Mead storage is 12,758 KAF (49 percent of capacity).  Total
system storage is 30,872 KAF (52 percent of capacity). Lake Powell elevation
is 3590.94 feet.

The Projected April-July forecast for the Colorado River is 9.7 million acre-
feet or 122 percent of average.

Yesterday, the average Colorado River flows were 670 cfs near the Yuma Fourth
Avenue Bridge and 3,460 cfs at the Northerly International Boundary.  The
average release from Painted Rock Dam was 3 cfs and Alamo Dam was 37 cfs.  The
Morelos Dam diversions for the week of 14-Apr-2008 are expected to be 3,567 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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