Releases from Davis and Parker dams will vary from about 4,500 cubic feet per second 
(cfs) to 25,000 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 20      10500    446.8     15200    638.7     13400    1085.2
Sep 21      10500    446.7     15200    638.6     13400    1085.1
Sep 22      10000    446.8     15200    638.4     13400    1085.0
Sep 23      10000    446.8     15200    638.3     13400    1084.8
Sep 24      10500    446.8     15200    638.1     13400    1084.7
Sep 25      11000    446.7     15200    637.8     10600    1084.7
Sep 26      11000    446.7     15200    637.4     10900    1084.6

Average     10500              15200              12600

Sep 27 to
Oct  3       8600    447.5     14000    636.1     11700    1084.0

Oct  4 to
Oct 10       8100    447.3     12400    634.7     10000    1083.6

Current Lake Powell storage is 15,299 thousand acre-feet (KAF) (63 percent of 
capacity). Lake Mead storage is 10,236 KAF (40 percent of capacity).  Total 
system storage is 33,381 KAF (56 percent of capacity). Lake Powell elevation 
is 3,633.94 feet.

Yesterday, the average Colorado River flows were 1,040 cfs near the Yuma Fourth 
Avenue Bridge and 1,310 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 20-Sep-2010 are expected to be 1,310 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.