BOULDER CITY, Nev. – Due to recent rainstorms and reduced water demand in southern California and Arizona, the Bureau of Reclamation is temporarily releasing less water from Davis Dam on the lower Colorado River.
Beginning Jan. 5, from midnight through about 8 a.m. Mountain Standard Time (MST), hourly releases at Davis Dam, north of Laughlin, Nevada, will be reduced to approximately 2,300 cubic feet per second. The lower overnight releases will continue for at least three days but may be extended depending on river system conditions. The temporary change in operations is necessary to maintain a safe water surface elevation at Lake Havasu.
Due to the existing drought conditions in the Colorado River Basin, Reclamation is attempting to conserve as much water as possible in the river's storage system. The temporary reduction in releases at Davis Dam will help reduce the risk of excess water releases out of Parker Dam, which would result in the loss of valuable system storage.
Daily and hourly information on releases from Reclamation's Colorado River dams is available on Reclamation's web site, at https://www.usbr.gov/lc/riverops.html.
Davis Dam and Parker Dam projected water release schedules can be found at https://www.usbr.gov/lc/region/g4000/hourly/DavisParkerSchedules.pdf.
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