at this point it seems inevitable that all the lake will end up with the mussles. Its just a matter of time. The water people like to say the mussels eat the plankton and that upsets the food chain all the way up to the might bass. Funny how fishing has improved where the mussles have now infested. The water people dont care about the fish. They care about the water and the equipment used to move the water. Thats why they hate the mussles.
If the lakes that they are planning on clossing already had the mussels in them, then there would be no need to close them. They will all eventualy get them anyways so if they all had them now then the water people would have to figure out ways to clean ther pumps instead of blaming the bass boats.
Obvious answers are Find some natural predators--Gobies crayfish and other types of fish and stock them into a smaller "test" lake.
Water companies need to figure out a way to maintain theie pipes and pumps and leave the fisherman alone. Maybe coat them with something?