Releases from Davis and Parker dams will vary from about 1,700 cubic feet per second
(cfs) to 19,000 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 in the morning and 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)
       -----       -----     -----     -----     -----     -----      -----
       Mar 17       8200     448.0     10000     643.1     10100      1067.7
       Mar 18       9500     447.7     10000     643.1     10100      1067.8
       Mar 19       8600     447.6     10000     643.0     10100      1067.8
       Mar 20       6000     447.7     10600     643.0     10100      1067.9
       Mar 21       8500     447.6     10600     642.9     10100      1067.9
       Mar 22       8500     447.5     10600     642.9     10100      1067.9
       Mar 23       8500     447.4     14100     642.5     10100      1068.0
       
       Average      8300               10800               10100
       
       Mar 24 to
       Mar 30      10200     447.6     14100     642.6     14600      1067.5
       
       Mar 31 to
       Apr  6      11000     447.6     15300     642.6     15700      1066.7


Current Lake Powell storage is 7,876 thousand acre-feet (KAF) (34 percent of capacity).
Lake Mead storage is 9,025 KAF (35 percent of capacity).  Total system storage is 24,075
KAF (41 percent of capacity).  Lake Powell elevation is 3,561.26 feet.

The April-July unregulated inflow forecast for the Colorado River is 4.30 million acre-
feet or 67 percent of average.

Yesterday, the average Colorado River flows were 585 cfs near the Yuma Fourth Avenue
Bridge and 2,119 cfs at the Northerly International Boundary.  The average release from
Painted Rock Dam was 0 cfs and Alamo Dam was 33 cfs.  The Morelos Dam diversions for the
week of 17-Mar-2025 are expected to be 2,123 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: 13-March-2025