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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)

Mar 12

8,000
448.9
12,000
644.7
10,700
1195.8
11,700
Mar 13
8,500

448.7

12,000

644.5

10,700
1195.9
11,700
Mar 14
7,500
448.7
13,000
644.3
10,700

1195.9

11,700
Mar 15
7,500

448.7

13,500
644.1
10,700
1195.9
11,700
Mar 16
7,500
448.8
13,500
643.9
10,700
1195.9
11,700
Mar 17
7,000
449.0
13,000
643.4
7,560
1196.0
11,700
Mar 18
8,500
449.0
13,000
643.0
7,060
1196.0
11,700
Average
7,790
-
12,860
-
9,730
-
11,700

Mar 19 Mar 25

12,060

448.2

16,110
643.1
16,480

1195.9

11,700
Mar 26 Apr 1
13,350
449.0
18,020
642.64
17,180
1195.3
11,470

Current Lake Powell storage is 18,979 thousand acre-feet (KAF) (78 percent of capacity). Lake Mead storage is 22,331 KAF (86 percent of capacity). Total system storage is 48,639 KAF (82 percent of capacity). Lake Powell elevation is 3663.7 feet.

Yesterday, the average Colorado River flows were 1,270 cfs near the Yuma Fourth Avenue Bridge and 4,520 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 March 12th are expected to be 3,320 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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