Releases from Davis and Parker dams will vary from about 4,500
cubic feet per second (cfs) to 19,000 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) 
----        -----     ----     -----     ----     -----     ---- 
Oct 17       8600    446.8     10400    635.0      8800    1119.2
Oct 18       8800    446.7     10400    634.9      8800    1119.3
Oct 19       7400    446.7     10400    634.7      8800    1119.5
Oct 20       6000    446.9     10400    634.6      8800    1119.6
Oct 21       8300    446.9     10400    634.5      8800    1119.7
Oct 22       8000    446.9     10400    634.3      8800    1119.8
Oct 23       8200    446.9     10400    634.2      8800    1120.0

Average      7900              10400               8800

Oct 24 to
Oct 30       7000    447.6     10400    633.2      8800    1120.8

Oct 31 to
Nov  6       6400    448.1      9500    633.5     10300    1121.8


Current Lake Powell storage is 17,450 thousand acre-feet (KAF)
(72 percent of capacity).
Lake Mead storage is 13,220 KAF (51 percent of capacity).
Total system storage is 38,618 KAF (65 percent of capacity).
Lake Powell elevation is 3,651.87 feet.

Yesterday, the average Colorado River flows were 500 cfs near the
Yuma Fourth Avenue Bridge and 735 cfs at the Northerly
International Boundary.  The average release from Painted Rock Dam
was 0 cfs and Alamo Dam was 37 cfs.  The Morelos Dam diversions
for the week of 17-Oct-2011 are expected to be 730 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.