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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 4,300 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         
            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 25      11000    448.6     15000    643.2     18500    1098.1
May 26      11000    448.6     15000    643.4     18500    1097.9
May 27      10000    448.6     15200    643.6     18500    1097.7
May 28       9000    448.8     15200    643.8     18500    1097.5
May 29      10000    448.8     15200    644.0     18500    1097.3
May 30      11000    448.8     15200    643.7     11500    1097.3
May 31      11000    448.7     15200    643.5     12600    1097.2

Average     10400              15100              16700

Jun  1 to
Jun  7      10900    448.2     14700    643.4     14900    1096.4

Jun  8 to
Jun 14      11100    448.2     14700    643.3     14900    1095.6

Current Lake Powell storage is 13,923 thousand acre-feet (KAF) (57 percent of
capacity). Lake Mead storage is 11,363 KAF (44 percent of capacity).  Total
system storage is 33,040 KAF (56 percent of capacity). Lake Powell elevation
is 3,621.50 feet.

The projected April-July forecast for the Colorado River is 7.1 million acre-
feet or 90 percent of average.

Yesterday, the average Colorado River flows were 1,420 cfs near the Yuma Fourth
Avenue Bridge and 1,600 cfs at the Northerly International Boundary.  The
average release from Painted Rock Dam was 0 cfs and Alamo Dam was 88 cfs.  The
Morelos Dam diversions for the week of 25-May-2009 are expected to be 1,580 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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