Invasive golden mussels have now been found in the Wheeler Ridge-Maricopa Water Storage District system, Engineer Manager Sheridan Nicholas reported at the board’s Jan. 14 meeting. This was the first detection for the district. … Nicholas told the board that he had informed the Kern County Water Agency about the mussel discoveries and urged that board to create a region-wide task force as many districts are finding the equipment- and pipe-clogging critters but fighting it individually. At the Kern County Water Agency’s Jan. 22 meeting, staff confirmed they are creating a task force to include local water districts as well as others that receive water through the Central Valley Project that extends to Millerton Lake.