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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)

Mar 5

8,000
446.0
14,000
643.4
20,200
1196.3
11,700
Mar 6
8,000

446.0

14,000

643.6

17,200
1196.2
11,700
Mar 7
7,500
446.0
14,000
643.7
16,300

1196.1

11,700
Mar 8
7,000

446.2

14,000
643.9
16,300
1196.1
11,700
Mar 9
7,500
446.2
14,000
644.0
16,300
1196.0
11,700
Mar 10
7,000
446.1
12,000
644.0
13,200
1196.0
11,700
Mar 11
8,000
446.0
12,000
644.0
11,800
1196.0
11,700
Average
8,800
-
13,400
-
15,900
-
11,700

Mar 12
Mar 18

8,800

446.7

17,900
642.1
14,700

1195.7

11,700
Mar 19
Mar 25
9,900
447.3
17,900
642.0
18,100
1195.0
11,700

Current Lake Powell storage is 19,019 thousand acre-feet (KAF) (78 percent of capacity). Lake Mead storage is 22,414 KAF (87 percent of capacity). Total system storage is 48,719 KAF (82 percent of capacity). Lake Powell elevation is 3663.98 feet.

Yesterday, the average Colorado River flows were 2,230 cfs near the Yuma Fourth Avenue Bridge and 6,210 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 February 26th are expected to be 3,280 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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