Destructive, tiny golden mussels that hitched their way across the ocean into the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta about two years ago are likely here to stay, according to panelists at this year’s annual Kern County Water Summit. And, so far, no eradication, or even effective treatment, method has been discovered to keep the invasive mollusks from clogging up equipment and pipes in the state’s vast water delivery networks. … Water managers in Kern were dismayed to find the mussels had made their way from the delta into local water systems all the way to Arvin last November. And getting them out of the delta … will likely prove impossible.

Other invasive species news:

• ABC23/KERO (Bakersfield, Calif.): Invasive species poses serious threat to Kern’s water
• KGET (Bakersfield, Calif.): Golden mussel infestation: What can be done to stop its spread in Kern County’s water delivery systems?
• California State Parks: News release: Division of Boating and Waterways to begin annual control efforts for aquatic invasive plants in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta