Lake Havasu Water Level, Dam Releases & Water Temperature — Havasu Lake, CA
The Colorado, top to bottom — every drop that reaches Lake Havasu passes through these first.
Lake Havasu · vs history USBR RISE
Recent flow last 30 days · cfs
Davis inParker out
Where Havasu's water goes annual · USBR / MWD
At Lake Havasu the Colorado splits: most keeps flowing downstream through Parker Dam, but two big aqueducts pump water out right here.
→ So. California
MWD Colorado River Aqueduct
Whitsett Intake, ~2 mi above Parker Dam → 242 mi of pumps, tunnels & canals to the LA / San Diego area.
~0.9Macre-ft/yr
→ Central Arizona
Central Arizona Project (CAP)
Mark Wilmer Pumping Plant → 336 mi to Phoenix & Tucson.
~0.95Macre-ft/yr
Between them these aqueducts serve close to 19 million Southern Californians (MWD) plus much of Arizona's cities and farms — a big draw on the lower river.
Lake level: USGS · Dam releases & water temp: USBR RISE · updates ~hourly.
Community reference only — not an official forecast. ← back to conditions
Community reference only — not an official forecast. ← back to conditions