Releases from Davis and Parker dams will vary from about 1,800 cubic feet per second
(cfs) to 20,000 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
                   Dam       Lake      Dam       Lake      Dam        Lake
                   Average   Havasu    Average   Mohave    Average    Mead
                   Release   Elev.     Release   Elev.     Release    Elev.
       Date        (cfs)     (ft)      (cfs)     (ft)      (cfs)      (ft)
       -----       -----     -----     -----     -----     -----      -----
       Oct  7       8900     446.9     12000     636.8      8800      1063.8
       Oct  8       9000     446.9     12000     636.5      8800      1063.8
       Oct  9       8900     446.9     11000     636.3      8800      1063.8
       Oct 10       6000     447.2     11000     636.1      8800      1063.8
       Oct 11       8500     447.1     12600     635.8      8800      1063.7
       Oct 12       8300     447.2     12600     635.5      8800      1063.7
       Oct 13       8300     447.4     12600     635.1      8400      1063.7
       
       Average      8300               12000                8700
       
       Oct 14 to
       Oct 20       7000     447.8      9900     635.1     10200      1063.3
       
       Oct 21 to
       Oct 27       6400     447.7      8600     637.1     12700      1062.5


Current Lake Powell storage is 9,131 thousand acre-feet (KAF) (39 percent of capacity).
Lake Mead storage is 8,715 KAF (33 percent of capacity).  Total system storage is 25,132
KAF (43 percent of capacity).  Lake Powell elevation is 3,577.95 feet.

Yesterday, the average Colorado River flows were 699 cfs near the Yuma Fourth Avenue
Bridge and 953 cfs at the Northerly International Boundary.  The average release from
Painted Rock Dam was 0 cfs and Alamo Dam was 30 cfs.  The Morelos Dam diversions for the
week of 07-Oct-2024 are expected to be 912 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.

                This Schedule can now be accessed on the Internet at:
                   www.usbr.gov/lc/region/g4000/hourly/rivops.html


Last updated: 03-October-2024