Releases from Davis and Parker dams will vary from about 4,300 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) 
----        -----     ----     -----     ----     -----     ---- 
Sep 28       9000    447.5     11600    636.0     11000    1093.8
Sep 29       8500    447.4     11600    635.9     11000    1093.7
Sep 30       8000    447.3      9300    636.0     11000    1093.7
Oct  1       7000    447.3      9500    636.1      9700    1093.7
Oct  2       8500    447.1      9500    636.1      9700    1093.7
Oct  3       8500    446.8      9500    635.8      6400    1093.8
Oct  4       8500    446.6      9500    635.6      6700    1093.8

Average      8300              10100               9400

Oct  5 to
Oct 11       8100    446.3      9400    635.2      8600    1094.0

Oct 12 to
Oct 18       7300    446.5      9300    634.7      8600    1094.2

Current Lake Powell storage is 15,506 thousand acre-feet (KAF) (64 percent of
capacity). Lake Mead storage is  10,949 KAF (42 percent of capacity).  Total
system storage is  34,342 KAF (58 percent of capacity). Lake Powell elevation
is 3635.74 feet.

The observed April-July runoff for the Colorado River is 7.804 million acre-
feet or 98 percent of average.

Yesterday, the average Colorado River flows were 1,007 cfs near the Yuma Fourth
Avenue Bridge and  1,289  cfs at the Northerly International Boundary.  The
average release from Painted Rock Dam was 0 cfs and Alamo Dam was 69 cfs.  The
Morelos Dam diversions for the week of 28-Sep-2009 are expected to be 1,995 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.