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) 
----        -----     ----     -----     ----     -----     ---- 
Sep 19       9500    448.0     12600    641.9     12200    1114.8
Sep 20       9500    448.0     12800    641.8     12200    1114.9
Sep 21       8500    448.1     12800    641.8     12200    1114.9
Sep 22       7500    448.2     12800    641.7     12100    1115.0
Sep 23       9500    448.2     12800    641.6     12100    1115.0
Sep 24       9500    448.1     12800    641.4     10100    1115.1
Sep 25       9500    448.1     12500    641.2      9600    1115.2

Average      9100              12700              11500

Sep 26 to
Oct  2       8700    448.4     12300    639.9     10100    1116.0

Oct  3 to
Oct  9       7800    448.4     10000    638.1      6700    1117.1

Current Lake Powell storage is 17,724 thousand acre-feet (KAF)
(73 percent of capacity).
Lake Mead storage is 12,826 KAF (50 percent of capacity).
Total system storage is 38,844 KAF (65 percent of capacity).
Lake Powell elevation is 3,654.04 feet.

The observed April-July inflow for the Colorado River is 12.90
million acre-feet or 163 percent of average.

Yesterday, the average Colorado River flows were 1,070 cfs near
the Yuma Fourth Avenue Bridge and 1,317 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 19-Sep-2011 are
expected to be 1,310 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.