Kern County extends local mussel emergency declaration
Local water districts have spent $7.3 million, and counting, trying to eradicate the rapidly spreading invasive golden mussel, according to a report delivered during the Kern County Board of Supervisors July 14 meeting. Water districts are expecting those costs to balloon to $36 million a year, according to a report by the County Administrative Office. The board approved extending its local emergency declaration by another 60 days regarding the mussels and renewed pleas for the Governor’s office to declare a statewide emergency. … San Joaquin and Sacramento counties have also declared local emergencies. The Kern County Water Agency and Friant Water Authority both also have task forces to monitor the spread of the mussels, which have been found in those agencies’ critical infrastructure.
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