12/12 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)

Dec 11

8,000 446.0 11,710 637.5 14,400 1196.0 13,010
Dec 12 7,500

446.0

11,710

637.6

14,400 1196.0 13,010
Dec 13
8,000
445.9 11,710 637.8 14,400 1196.0 13,010
Dec 14
4,500

446.1

11,710 638.0 14,400 1196.0 13,010
Dec 15 7,500 446.1 11,710 638.1 14,300 1195.9 13,010
Dec 16 7,500 446.0 11,710 638.1 11,300 1195.9 13,010
Dec 17 7,500 445.9 11,710 637.9 10,100 1196.0 13,010
Average 7,200 11,700 13,300 13,000

Dec 18 Dec 24

6,500

446.0

11,700 638.3 14,100

1195.9

13,000
Dec 25 Dec 31 6,500 446.3 11,700 639.3 14,100 1195.8 13,000

Current Lake Powell storage is 20,202 thousand acre-feet (KAF) (83 percent of capacity). Lake Mead storage is 22,354 KAF (86 percent of capacity). Total system storage is 49,759 KAF (84 percent of capacity). Lake Powell elevation is 3672.6 feet.

Yesterday, the average Colorado River flows were 900 cfs near the Yuma Fourth Avenue Bridge and 2,900 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 December 10th are expected to be 2,330 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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