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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 1,800
cubic feet per second (cfs) to 15,000 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) 
----        -----     ----     -----     ----     -----     ---- 
Feb  7       8500    447.1     11000    642.0     11700    1092.7
Feb  8       8500    447.2     11000    642.0     11700    1092.8
Feb  9       8500    447.2     11000    642.0     11700    1093.0
Feb 10       7000    447.4     11000    642.1     11700    1093.1
Feb 11       7800    447.5     11200    642.1     11700    1093.2
Feb 12       8000    447.7     11600    641.9      9700    1093.4
Feb 13       8500    447.8     11600    641.7      9000    1093.6

Average      8100              11200              11000

Feb 14 to
Feb 20       8100    448.0     10400    641.9     11000    1094.5

Feb 21 to
Feb 27       9200    446.9     11200    641.7     11000    1095.5

Current Lake Powell
storage is 13,751 thousand acre-feet (KAF) (57 percent of capacity).
Lake Mead storage is 10,786 KAF (42 percent of capacity).
Total system storage is 32,079 KAF (54 percent of capacity).
Lake Powell elevation is 3,619.88 feet.

The April-July forecast for the Colorado River is 9.0 million
acre-feet or 113 percent of average.

Yesterday, the average Colorado River flows were 888 cfs near the
Yuma Fourth Avenue Bridge and 2,447 cfs at the Northerly
International Boundary. The average release from Painted Rock Dam
was 4 cfs and Alamo Dam was 39 cfs. The Morelos Dam diversions
for the week of 07-Feb-2011 are expected to be 2,460 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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