Lower Colorado River Operations Schedule
Releases from Davis and Parker dams will vary from about 4,600
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)
---- ----- ---- ----- ---- ----- ----
Jun 6 11500 448.4 15800 644.0 16300 1098.7
Jun 7 11200 448.4 15800 644.0 16300 1098.9
Jun 8 10000 448.5 15800 644.0 16300 1099.0
Jun 9 8500 448.8 15800 644.0 16300 1099.1
Jun 10 12100 448.7 15800 644.0 16300 1099.2
Jun 11 11000 448.8 15800 643.8 14200 1099.4
Jun 12 11700 448.7 15800 643.6 13600 1099.6
Average 10900 15800 15600
Jun 13 to
Jun 19 11500 448.6 15800 643.3 15600 1100.5
Jun 20 to
Jun 26 11700 448.2 16300 642.7 15600 1101.4
Current Lake Powell storage is 14,257 thousand acre-feet (KAF)
(59 percent of capacity).
Lake Mead storage is 11,332 KAF (44 percent of capacity).
Total system storage is 33,267 KAF (56 percent of capacity).
Lake Powell elevation is 3,624.60 feet.
The April-July forecast for the Colorado River is 12.0 million
acre-feet or 151 percent of average.
Yesterday, the average Colorado River flows were 935 cfs near the
Yuma Fourth Avenue Bridge and 1,720 cfs at the Northerly
International Boundary. The average release from Painted Rock Dam
was 0 cfs and Alamo Dam was 49 cfs. The Morelos Dam diversions
for the week of 06-Jun-2011 are expected to be 1,731 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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