Releases from Davis and Parker dams will vary from about 4,400 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)
----        -----     ----     -----     ----     -----     ----
Jul  2      13500    448.3     17900    642.3     16300    1115.7
Jul  3      13500    448.4     17300    642.1     16300    1115.7
Jul  4      12700    448.6     14600    642.2     16300    1115.6
Jul  5      10800    448.8     14600    642.3     16300    1115.5
Jul  6      12500    448.7     14300    642.4     16400    1115.5
Jul  7      13000    448.6     14300    642.3     13200    1115.5
Jul  8      13000    448.5     14300    642.2     13200    1115.5

Average     12700              15300              15400

Jul  9 to
Jul 15      12000    448.5     14100    642.5     15100    1115.3

Jul 16 to
Jul 22      11900    448.5     13700    643.0     15100    1115.1

Current Lake Powell storage is 15,329 thousand acre-feet (KAF) (63 percent of capacity). Lake Mead storage is 13,212 KAF (51 percent of capacity). Total system storage is 36,114 KAF (61 percent of capacity). Lake Powell elevation is 3,634.20 feet.

The April-July forecast for the Colorado River is 2.01 million acre-feet or 28 percent of average.

Yesterday, the average Colorado River flows were 1,240 cfs near the Yuma Fourth Avenue Bridge and 1,522 cfs at the Northerly International Boundary. The average release from Painted Rock Dam was 0 cfs and Alamo Dam was 41 cfs. The Morelos Dam diversions for the week of 02-Jul-2012 are expected to be 1,540 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.