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Glendora water officials: deliveries halted after golden mussel found upstream; statewide supplies mixed
Summary
Water staff told the Glendora Water Commission that several regional untreated water deliveries were halted Sept. 24 after the invasive golden mussel was detected upstream, though local basin storage and groundwater wells show mixed trends. Commissioners voted 5-0 to receive the report.
Glendora Water Division Manager Dale Wert told the Water Commission on Oct. 21 that regional untreated water deliveries to local spreading grounds and conveyance facilities were halted Sept. 24 after the invasive golden mussel was detected upstream in the distribution system.
The interruption affects planned deliveries from multiple agencies, Wert said. He reported that Upper San Gabriel Valley Municipal Water District had been delivering roughly 300 cubic feet per second through USG-3 and had planned to deliver a total of 160,000 acre-feet for the water year; as of July and August the district had delivered 12,544 and 18,185.7 acre-feet respectively, but operations stopped Sept. 24 when the mussel was found. Wert…
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