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         
            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) 
----        -----     ----     -----     ----     -----     ---- 
Apr 27      14000    448.3     19200    641.3     23900    1102.3
Apr 28      14000    448.4     18500    641.6     23900    1102.0
Apr 29      13000    448.5     18500    642.0     23900    1101.7
Apr 30      11000    448.9     18000    642.4     23900    1101.4
May  1      13500    448.8     18000    642.4     19000    1101.2
May  2      15000    448.7     18000    642.0     12100    1101.2
May  3      14000    448.6     18000    641.6     13100    1101.1

Average     13500              18300              20000

May  4 to
May 10      13100    448.4     17300    640.8     16400    1100.1

May 11 to
May 17      11600    448.4     16000    640.8     16400    1099.0

Current Lake Powell storage is 12,722 thousand acre-feet (KAF) (52 percent of
capacity). Lake Mead storage is 11,776 KAF (46 percent of capacity).  Total
system storage is 31,857 KAF (54 percent of capacity). Lake Powell elevation
is 3609.92 feet.

The projected April-July forecast for the Colorado River is 7.5 million acre-
feet or 95 percent of average.

Yesterday, the average Colorado River flows were 743 cfs near the Yuma Fourth
Avenue Bridge and 2,900 cfs at the Northerly International Boundary.  The
average release from Painted Rock Dam was 0 cfs and Alamo Dam was 53 cfs.  The
Morelos Dam diversions for the week of 27-Apr-2009 are expected to be 2,233 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.