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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 8,500 cubic feet per second
(cfs) to 20,000 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         
	            Dam       Lake     Dam       Lake     Dam       Lake 
	            Average   Havasu   Average   Mohave   Average   Mead 
	            Release   Elev.    Release   Elev.    Release   Elev.
	Date        (cfs)     (ft)     (cfs)     (ft)     (cfs)     (ft) 
	----        -----     ----     -----     ----     -----     ---- 
	Jul 14      12500    447.8     14500    642.2     14600    1104.5
	Jul 15      12500    447.6     14500    642.1     14600    1104.5
	Jul 16      12200    447.5     14500    642.1     14600    1104.5
	Jul 17      10000    447.7     14500    642.1     14600    1104.4
	Jul 18      11600    447.6     14500    642.1     14600    1104.4
	Jul 19      12500    447.5     14500    641.9     12800    1104.4
	Jul 20      12500    447.3     14500    641.8     12700    1104.4
	
	Average     12000              14500              14100
	
	Jul 21 to
	Jul 27      11400    447.2     14500    641.2     13900    1104.2

	Jul 28 to
	Aug  3      11300    447.1     13800    641.0     13700    1104.2

Current Lake Powell storage is 15,223 thousand acre-feet (KAF) (63 percent of
capacity). Lake Mead storage is  11908 KAF (46 percent of capacity).  Total
system storage is 35,023 KAF (59 percent of capacity). Lake Powell elevation
is 3633.28 feet.

The Projected April-July forecast for the Colorado River is 8.8 million acre-
feet or 111 percent of average.

Yesterday, the average Colorado River flows were 736 cfs near the Yuma Fourth
Avenue Bridge and 1,801 cfs at the Northerly International Boundary.  The
average release from Painted Rock Dam was 1 cfs and Alamo Dam was 46 cfs.  The
Morelos Dam diversions for the week of 14-Jul-2008 are expected to be 1,820 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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