The Water Association of Kern County hosted the 10th annual Kern County Water Summit on March 5, where industry experts discussed the complexities of managing the state’s water resources. Topics ranged from the invasive golden mussels species, state and federal government relations, and the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act.
PULL A MUSSEL
According to Valerie Goodwin, a golden mussel research coordinator and biologist at Dudek, after the golden mussel species was first detected in California in October 2024 — concentrated in Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta — they have continued to spread south and infest critical water infrastructure…