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 13 12000 448.4 16000 643.4 16300 1099.8
Jun 14 12000 448.3 15800 643.4 16300 1099.9
Jun 15 10000 448.4 15800 643.4 16300 1100.0
Jun 16 8000 448.8 15800 643.4 16300 1100.2
Jun 17 13100 448.6 15800 643.4 16300 1100.3
Jun 18 11600 448.5 15800 643.3 14200 1100.5
Jun 19 12000 448.4 15800 643.1 13600 1100.6
Average 11200 15800 15600
Jun 20 to
Jun 26 11700 448.5 16500 642.4 15600 1101.6
Jun 27 to
Jul 3 12000 448.5 15600 642.2 15700 1102.5
Current Lake Powell storage is 14,891 thousand acre-feet (KAF)
(61 percent of capacity).
Lake Mead storage is 11,426 KAF (44 percent of capacity).
Total system storage is 34,087 KAF (57 percent of capacity).
Lake Powell elevation is 3,630.34 feet.
The April-July forecast for the Colorado River is 12.6 million
acre-feet or 159 percent of average.
Yesterday, the average Colorado River flows were 691 cfs near the
Yuma Fourth Avenue Bridge and 1,723 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 13-Jun-2011 are expected to be 1,760 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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