Releases from Davis and Parker dams will vary from about 4,500
cubic feet per second (cfs) to 24,000 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) 
----        -----     ----     -----     ----     -----     ---- 
Apr 25      14400    447.8     17800    643.0     18700    1095.7
Apr 26      13800    447.8     17800    643.0     18700    1095.6
Apr 27      12500    448.0     17800    643.0     18700    1095.6
Apr 28      10600    448.3     17800    643.1     18700    1095.5
Apr 29      14600    448.1     17800    643.1     18700    1095.4
Apr 30      14300    448.1     17600    643.0     16700    1095.4
May  1      14100    448.0     16400    642.9     14900    1095.4

Average     13500              17600              17900

May  2 to
May  8      11900    447.8     16400    642.7     16700    1095.5

May  9 to
May 15      11600    447.8     16400    642.6     16700    1095.6

Current Lake Powell storage is 12,748 thousand acre-feet (KAF)
(52 percent of capacity).
Lake Mead storage is 11,128 KAF (43 percent of capacity).
Total system storage is 31,428 KAF (53 percent of capacity).
Lake Powell elevation is 3,610.18 feet.

The April-July forecast for the Colorado River is 9.7 million
acre-feet or 122 percent of average.

Yesterday, the average Colorado River flows were 1,770 cfs near
the Yuma Fourth Avenue Bridge and 2,878 cfs at the Northerly
International Boundary.  The average release from Painted Rock
Dam was 0 cfs and Alamo Dam was 47 cfs.
The Morelos Dam diversions for the week of 25-Apr-2011 are
expected to be 2,336 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.