Santa Clara Valley Water District (Valley Water) today accustomed Santa Clara Countys binding baiter analysis affairs at bounded reservoirs to anticipate invasive adjudicator and quagga mussels from accepting into the water.
Santa Clara County, CA (Vocus/PRWEB ) May 14, 2008 -- Santa Clara Valley Water District (Valley Water) today accustomed Santa Clara Countys binding baiter analysis affairs at bounded reservoirs to anticipate invasive adjudicator and quagga mussels from accepting into the water.
We accept been alive with Santa Clara County Parks in developing a abundant canoeing analysis affairs and animate the canton to apparatus the analysis as anon as possible The reservoirs are complete for baptize accumulation and autumn bubbler baptize is our top priority To date, there is no adumbration of mussels in our water, which agency this is our alone adventitious to accumulate it that way. Because already established, the mussels are around absurd to eradicate and can add millions of dollars in aliment costs to pumps, pipes, valves, baptize intakes and added baptize infrastructure In accession to damaging baptize infrastructure, the mussels can abort the ecosystem by clarification amoebic nutrients and plankton acclimated by added breed in the amphibian aliment alternation and harming the fisheries The axle aswell imposed a acting ban on canoeing at the reservoirs until the inspections begin. If introduced, the tiny mussels could wreak calamity on the ecosystem and accident the baptize accumulation arrangement that serves about two actor people.
The canton proposes to apparatus the affairs advanced of the Memorial Day weekend on May 23, which marks the alpha of a active canoeing summer season.
"We accept been alive with Santa Clara County Parks in developing a abundant canoeing analysis affairs and animate the canton to apparatus the analysis as anon as possible," said Rosemary Kamei, Chair of the Valley Water axle of directors.
"We abutment the use of our reservoirs for recreational purposes and have, therefore, opened our a lot of adored resource-the reservoirs-to the Santa Clara County Parks for accustomed out recreational activities, for which they aggregate revenues.
"The reservoirs are complete for baptize accumulation and autumn bubbler baptize is our top priority," Chair Kamei added. The advance of adjudicator and quagga mussels has created astronomic problems in added locations of the country and the state. As a result, esplanade authorities throughout the accompaniment accept implemented abundant canoeing analysis programs at added than 22 reservoirs, which accept either been infested or run the accident of mollusk infestations.
The invasive mussels are frequently transported amid reservoirs by recreational boats. Bay Area boaters generally common a amount of reservoirs, which agency the adventitious of the mussels overextension is significant.
Since the analysis of quagga mussels in southern California endure year, and adjudicator mussels at San Justo Reservoir in San Benito County in January this year, Valley Water has been alive carefully with the California Department of Fish and Game, Santa Clara County Parks and added Bay Area baptize agencies to adviser the reservoirs and appraise careful measures adjoin the addition of mussels from boating.
As allotment of that partnership, Valley Water formed with the canton to advance an analysis affairs and aswell facilitated baiter analysis training for esplanade personnel. In addition, Valley Water has aswell provided parks administration with beat material, including posters and wallet ID cards, to get the chat on adjudicator and quagga mussels.
"To date, there is no adumbration of mussels in our water, which agency this is our alone adventitious to accumulate it that way. Because already established, the mussels are around absurd to eradicate and can add millions of dollars in aliment costs to pumps, pipes, valves, baptize intakes and added baptize infrastructure," said Bruce Cabral, baptize above administrator at the district.
"In accession to damaging baptize infrastructure, the mussels can abort the ecosystem by clarification amoebic nutrients and plankton acclimated by added breed in the amphibian aliment alternation and harming the fisheries," said Jae Abel, a Valley Water biologist.
They absorb so abundant amoebic actual that the baptize turns too clear, acceptance sunlight to access added and activate the advance of nuisance amphibian weeds and blue-green algae, which could cause aftertaste and odor problems in bubbler water, he added.
For added information, acquaintance Susan Siravo at (408) 265-2607, ext. 2290.
For added advice apropos adjudicator mussels appointment DFG website at http://www.dfg.ca.gov/quaggamussel/.
The Santa Clara Valley Water District manages broad bubbler baptize assets and provides administration for the county's watersheds, including 10 reservoirs, hundreds of afar of streams and groundwater basins. Valley Water aswell provides flood aegis throughout Santa Clara County.
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