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Lower Colorado River Operations Schedule

Releases from Davis and Parker Dams will vary from about 8,000 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:

Date Parker Dam Average Release (cfs) Lake Havasu Elev. (cfs) Davis Dam Average Release (cfs) Lake Mohave Elev. (ft) Hoover Dam Average Release (cfs) Lake Mead Elev. (ft) Glen Canyon Dam Average Release (cfs)
Jan 24 7,500 446.4 11,000 641.5 14,300 1214.2 13,400
Jan 25 7,500 446.3 11,000 641.6 12,500 1214.2 13,400
Jan 26
7,000
446.4 11,000 641.7 12,500

1214.2

13,400
Jan 27
5,000
446.7 11,000 647.8 12,500 1214.2 13,400
Jan 28 7,000 446.8 10,000 641.9 12,500 1214.2 13,400
Jan 29 7,000 446.9 9,000 641.8 9,300 1214.2 12,800
Jan 30 7,500 446.7 9,000 641.8 8,500 1214.3 11,600
Average 6,900
9,000
11,700 13,100
Jan 31 Feb 6 7,400
446.6
10,400
641.7
10,300
1214.2 13,100
Feb 7 Feb 13 7,500 446.4 10,400 642.2 10,300 1214.2 13,100

Current Lake Powell storage is21,232 thousand acre-feet (KAF) (87 percent of capacity). Lake Mead storage is 25,026 KAF (97 percent of capacity). Total system storage is 54,080 KAF (91 percent of capacity). Lake Powell elevation is 3679.8 feet.

Yesterday, the average Colorado River flows were 740 cfs near the Yuma Fourth Avenue Bridge and 1,890 cfs at the Northerly International Boundary. The average release from Painted Rock Dam was 0 cfs and Alamo Dam was 25 cfs. The Morelos Dam diversions for the week of Jan 24th are expected to be 2,720 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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