Releases from Davis and Parker dams will vary from about 4,500 cubic feet per
second (cfs) to 20,000 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) 
----        -----     ----     -----     ----     -----     ---- 
Oct  5       8500    446.3     11000    634.8      9700    1093.8
Oct  6       8500    446.3     11000    634.7      9700    1093.8
Oct  7       8500    446.3     10000    634.7      9700    1093.8
Oct  8       7000    446.5     10000    634.6      9700    1093.8
Oct  9       8000    446.5     10000    634.6      9700    1093.8
Oct 10       8000    446.5      9000    634.4      6400    1093.9
Oct 11       8000    446.5      9000    634.2      6700    1094.0

Average      8100              10000               8800

Oct 12 to
Oct 18       7300    446.4      9000    634.0      8600    1094.1

Oct 19 to
Oct 25       6700    446.8      8900    633.8      8600    1094.3


Current Lake Powell storage is 15,457 thousand acre-feet (KAF) (64 percent of
capacity).  Lake Mead storage is 10,935 KAF (42 percent of capacity).  Total
system storage is 34,205 KAF (58 percent of capacity).  Lake Powell elevation
is 3,635.32 feet.

Yesterday, the average Colorado River flows were 838 cfs near the Yuma Fourth
Avenue Bridge and 1,097 cfs at the Northerly International Boundary.  The
average release from Painted Rock Dam was 0 cfs and Alamo Dam was 50 cfs.  The
Morelos Dam diversions for the week of 05-Oct-2009 are expected to be 920 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.