Releases from Davis and Parker dams will vary from about 1,800
cubic feet per second (cfs) to 14,000 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) 
----        -----     ----     -----     ----     -----     ---- 
Jan 10       5500    448.5      6800    643.1      8100    1087.3
Jan 11       5500    448.5      6800    643.2      8100    1087.6
Jan 12       5000    448.5      6800    643.3      8100    1087.8
Jan 13       5000    448.5      6800    643.3      8100    1088.0
Jan 14       5500    448.5      6800    643.4      8100    1088.3
Jan 15       5500    448.5      6800    643.3      6000    1088.6
Jan 16       5000    448.5      6800    643.2      5300    1088.9

Average      5300               6800               7400

Jan 17 to
Jan 23       6500    448.2      8200    642.6      7400    1090.6

Jan 24 to
Jan 30       6500    447.1      8200    642.0      7400    1092.3


Current Lake Powell storage is 14,350 thousand acre-feet (KAF)
(59 percent of capacity).
Lake Mead storage is 10,327 KAF (40 percent of capacity).
Total system storage is 32,315 KAF (54 percent of capacity).
Lake Powell elevation is 3,625.45 feet.

The 2011 April-July forecast for the Colorado River is 9.50
million acre-feet or 120 percent of average.

Yesterday, the average Colorado River flows were 1,510 cfs near
the Yuma Fourth Avenue Bridge and 1,810 cfs at the Northerly
International Boundary. The average release from Painted Rock Dam
was 0 cfs and Alamo Dam was 24 cfs. The Morelos Dam diversions
for the week of 10-Jan-2011 are expected to be 1,748 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.