Lower Colorado River Operations Schedule
Releases from Davis and Parker dams will vary from about 4,400 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)
---- ----- ---- ----- ---- ----- ----
Sep 7 8500 448.1 13000 641.2 12500 1093.7
Sep 8 9000 448.0 13000 641.1 12500 1093.6
Sep 9 8000 448.1 13000 641.1 12500 1093.6
Sep 10 7000 448.2 13000 641.0 12500 1093.5
Sep 11 8000 448.3 13000 640.9 12500 1093.4
Sep 12 8000 448.3 13000 640.6 9000 1093.5
Sep 13 8000 448.3 13000 640.4 10100 1093.4
Average 8100 13000 11700
Sep 14 to
Sep 20 9000 448.2 13400 639.3 11600 1093.2
Sep 21 to
Sep 27 9000 447.9 13400 638.2 11600 1092.9
Current Lake Powell storage is 15,685 thousand acre-feet (KAF) (64 percent of
capacity). Lake Mead storage is 10,944 KAF (42 percent of capacity). Total
system storage is 34,800 KAF (59 percent of capacity). Lake Powell elevation
is 3637.29 feet.
The observed April-July inflow for the Colorado River is 7.814 million acre-
feet or 99 percent of average.
Yesterday, the average Colorado River flows were 1,120 cfs near the Yuma Fourth
Avenue Bridge and 1,321 cfs at the Northerly International Boundary. The
average release from Painted Rock Dam was 0 cfs and Alamo Dam was 56 cfs. The
Morelos Dam diversions for the week of 07-Sep-2009 are expected to be 1,300 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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