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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 4,500 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) 
----        -----     ----     -----     ----     -----     ---- 
Jul 26      12500    448.2     15000    642.2     16500    1087.7
Jul 27      12000    448.1     15000    642.3     16500    1087.6
Jul 28      11000    448.1     15000    642.3     16500    1087.6
Jul 29       9500    448.3     15000    642.4     16500    1087.5
Jul 30      12000    448.2     15000    642.5     16500    1087.4
Jul 31      12000    448.1     13600    642.5     13700    1087.3
Aug  1      12000    448.0     13600    642.3     11800    1087.4

Average     11600              14600              15400

Aug  2 to
Aug  8      10700    447.8     14000    641.8     13400    1087.4

Aug  9 to
Aug 15      10200    447.7     13600    641.4     13400    1087.3

Current Lake Powell storage is 15,702 thousand acre-feet (KAF) (65 percent of
capacity). Lake Mead storage is 10,445 KAF (40 percent of capacity).  Total
system storage is 34,317 KAF (58 percent of capacity). Lake Powell elevation
is 3,637.43 feet.

The April-July forecast for the Colorado River is 5.77 million acre-feet or
73 percent of average.

Yesterday, the average Colorado River flows were 703 cfs near the Yuma Fourth
Avenue Bridge and 2,007 cfs at the Northerly International Boundary.  The
average release from Painted Rock Dam was 2 cfs and Alamo Dam was 50 cfs.  The
Morelos Dam diversions for the week of 26-Jul-2010 are expected to be 1,750 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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