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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)
June 26 13,500 448.5 15,700 643.5 16,100 1204.6 8,000
June 27 13,500

448.4

16,900 643.4 16,100 1204.4 8,000
June 28
13,500
448.4 16,900 643.3 16,100

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1204.3
8,000
June 29
9,500
448.9 16,900 643.2 16,100 1204.2 8,000
June 30 13,500 449.0 16,900 643.1 16,100 1204.0 8,000
July 1 13,500 449.0 15,600 642.9 13,500 1203.9 8,000
July 2 13,000 449.1 15,600 642.6 11,900 1203.9 8,000
Average 12,900
16,400
15,100 andnbsp; 8,000

July 3 July 9

13,000

449.0

15,600 642.5 15,900

1203.5

8,000
July 10 July 16 13,000 449.0 15,600 642.4 15,900 1202.6 8,000

Current Lake Powell storage is 21,179 thousand acre-feet (KAF) (89 percent of capacity). Lake Mead storage is 23,645 KAF (91 percent of capacity). Total system storage is 53,412 KAF (90 percent of capacity). Lake Powell elevation is 3683.1 feet.

Yesterday, the average Colorado River flows were 1,260 cfs near the Yuma Fourth Avenue Bridge and 2,980 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 June 26 are expected to be 2,470 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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