The dreaded, destructive golden mussel has become an urgent topic among San Joaquin Valley water agencies prompting near daily meetings on how to combat the tiny mollusk that is clogging pipes and equipment from Stockton to Arvin.
“We’re going to be dealing with this for the foreseeable future if not longer,” said Johnny Amaral, chief operating officer of Friant Water Authority.
After golden mussels were discovered in the Arvin-Edison Water Storage District late last year, Friant did a top-to-bottom inspection of the southern reaches of the Friant-Kern Canal while water demands are low…