Releases from Davis and Parker dams will vary from about 1,800
cubic feet per second (cfs) to 22,000 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 26       9500    448.1     12900    641.0     11500    1115.6
Sep 27       9500    448.1     12900    640.9     11500    1115.7
Sep 28       8500    448.1     12900    640.8     11500    1115.7
Sep 29       7500    448.3     11800    640.7     11500    1115.8
Sep 30       9500    448.1     10600    640.8     11500    1115.9
Oct  1       9500    448.1      9600    640.4      5200    1116.1
Oct  2       9500    447.9      9400    640.0      4600    1116.3

Average      9100              11400               9600

Oct  3 to
Oct  9       7800    447.4      9400    638.3      6200    1117.6

Oct 10 to
Oct 16       7200    447.2      9400    636.4      6200    1118.8

Current Lake Powell storage is 17,686 thousand acre-feet (KAF)
(73 percent of capacity).
Lake Mead storage is 12,901 KAF (50 percent of capacity).
Total system storage is 38,800 KAF (65 percent of capacity).
Lake Powell elevation is 3,653.74 feet.

The observed April-July inflow for the Colorado River is 12.896
million acre-feet or 163 percent of average.

Yesterday, the average Colorado River flows were 1,030 cfs near
the Yuma Fourth Avenue Bridge and 1,289 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
26-Sep-2011 are expected to be 1,144 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.