Releases from Davis and Parker dams will vary from about 8,000 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         
            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) 
----        -----     ----     -----     ----     -----     ---- 
May  4      13500    448.6     19000    642.4     19000    1100.7
May  5      13500    448.6     19000    642.3     19000    1100.5
May  6      13000    448.7     18000    642.4     19000    1100.3
May  7      13000    448.8     15000    642.6     19000    1100.1
May  8      11000    448.8     16000    642.8     19000    1099.9
May  9      13500    448.5     16000    642.5     12100    1099.9
May 10      13500    448.3     16000    642.2     13200    1099.8

Average     13000              17000              17200

May 11 to
May 17      11600    448.1     16000    642.2     16400    1098.8

May 18 to
May 24      11300    448.2     16000    642.1     16400    1097.7

Current Lake Powell storage is 12,858 thousand acre-feet (KAF) (53 percent of
capacity). Lake Mead storage is  11,604 KAF (45 percent of capacity).  Total
system storage is 31,968 KAF (54 percent of capacity). Lake Powell elevation
is 3611.26 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 1,460 cfs near the Yuma Fourth
Avenue Bridge and 2,327 cfs at the Northerly International Boundary.  The
average release from Painted Rock Dam was 0 cfs and Alamo Dam was 41 cfs.  The
Morelos Dam diversions for the week of 04-May-2009 are expected to be 1,744 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.