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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)

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Nov 27

8,000 446.1 11,000 633.8 13,700 1196.5 13,440
Nov 28 8,000

446.0

11,400

633.9

13,700 1196.5 13,440
Nov 29
8,000
445.8 10,900 634.1 13,700

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1196.5
13,440
Nov 30
5,000

446.0

10,900 634.3 13,700 1196.5 13,440
Dec 1 7,500 445.8 11,380 634.5 14,900 1196.4 13,010
Dec 2 8,000 445.6 11,380 634.5 11,300 1196.5 13,010
Dec 3 8,000 445.4 11,380 634.3 10,000 1196.5 13,010
Average 7,500
11,200
13,000 andnbsp; 13,300

Dec 4 Dec 10

6,500

445.4

11,400 634.6 13,200

1196.5

13,000
Dec 11 Dec 17 6,500 445.5 11,400 635.4 13,200 1196.4 13,000

Current Lake Powell storage is 20,461 thousand acre-feet (KAF) (84 percent of capacity). Lake Mead storage is 22,387 KAF (87 percent of capacity). Total system storage is 50,014 KAF (84 percent of capacity). Lake Powell elevation is 3674.4 feet.

Yesterday, the average Colorado River flows were 841 cfs near the Yuma Fourth Avenue Bridge and 2,667 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 November 26th are expected to be 1,980 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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