A person in a high-visibility vest operates a device attached to a boat marked with California registration.
A California Department of Water Resources employee scans a boat's registration during a demonstration of the state's invasive mussel inspection at the Loafer Point ramp on Lake Oroville in Butte County, Calif., on Saturday, May 14, 2025. Sonoma Water runs the same kind of inspection on every boat that launches at Lake Mendocino. (Sara Nevis/California Department of Water Resources via Bay City News)

MENDOCINO CO., 9/19/26 — Sonoma Water, which used to be known as the Sonoma County Water Agency, and which provides water to parts of Sonoma and Marin counties, will keep inspecting every boat that launches at Lake Mendocino for two more years, after its board voted Sept. 15 to accept a $400,000 state grant.

The grant from the California State Parks Division of Boating and Waterways pays for watercraft inspections and early detection work through Oct. 15, 2028, Sonoma Water said in a press release. The previous state grant, also $400,000, ran out Sept. 15, the day of the vote, according to a 2024 release from the agency.

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