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Waterflow reports for the Colorado river from Glenn Canyon dam to Parker dam

Lower Colorado River Operations Schedule

Releases from Davis and Parker dams will vary from about 8,000 cubic feet per second
(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:


            Parker             Davis              Hoover              Glen Cyn
            Dam       Lake     Dam       Lake     Dam       Lake      Dam
            Average   Havasu   Average   Mohave   Average   Mead      Average
            Release   Elev.    Release   Elev.    Release   Elev.     Release
Date        (cfs)     (ft)     (cfs)     (ft)     (cfs)     (ft)      (cfs)
----        -----     ----     -----     ----     -----     ----      -----
Aug 21      10500    447.7     12100    642.7     13800    1126.8     13400
Aug 22      10000    447.6     12100    642.7     13800    1126.8     13400
Aug 23      10000    447.6     12100    642.8     13800    1126.7     13400
Aug 24       9000    447.8     12100    642.9     13800    1126.7     13400
Aug 25      10000    447.8     12100    643.0     13800    1126.7     13400
Aug 26      10000    447.8     12100    642.9     12000    1126.7     13400
Aug 27      10000    447.8     12100    642.9     12000    1126.7     13400

Average      9900              12100              13300               13400

Aug 28 to
Sep  3       9500    448.4     12200    643.1     13100    1126.6     11600

Sep  4 to
Sep 10       9200    448.1     11800    642.9     12000    1125.9      9100

Current Lake Powell storage is 12,225 thousand acre-feet (KAF) (50 percent of
capacity). Lake Mead storage is 14,027 KAF (54 percent of capacity).  Total
system storage is  34236 KAF (58 percent of capacity). Lake Powell elevation
is 3604.91 feet.

The Projected April-July forecast for the Colorado River is 5.32 million acre-
feet or 67 percent of average.

Yesterday, the average Colorado River flows were 870 cfs near the Yuma Fourth
Avenue Bridge and 1300 cfs at the Northerly International Boundary.  The
average release from Painted Rock Dam was 1 cfs and Alamo Dam was 45 cfs.  The
Morelos Dam diversions for the week of 21-Aug-2006 are expected to be 1500 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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