7/24 Lower Colorado River Operations Schedule
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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)
July 24 14,000 447.5 16,900 642.0 18,100 1200.9 8,000
July 25 14,000

447.5

16,900 642.1 18,100 1200.7 8,000
July 26
13,000
447.6 16,900 642.1 18,100

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1200.6
8,000
July 27
11,500

447.9

16,700 642.2 18,100 1200.4 8,000
July 28 13,000 448.0 16,400 642.3 18,100 1200.2 8,000
July 29 14,000 448.0 15,000 642.1 13,600 1200.1 8,000
July 30 13,000 447.8 14,000 642.0 12,300 1200.0 8,000
Average 13,200
16,100
16,600 8,000

July 31 Aug 6

11,200

447.9

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13,700 642.0 14,700

1199.7

8,000
Aug 7 Aug 13 10,900 447.6 13,500 642.3 14,500 1198.9 8,000

Current Lake Powell storage is 21,565 thousand acre-feet (KAF) (89 percent of capacity). Lake Mead storage is 23,118 KAF (89 percent of capacity). Total system storage is 52,687 KAF (89 percent of capacity). Lake Powell elevation is 3682.7 feet.

Yesterday, the average Colorado River flows were 1,120 cfs near the Yuma Fourth Avenue Bridge and 2,580 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 July 24th are expected to be 2,400 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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