Des Moines Sun

DES MOINES, IOWA —  Another community-wide adult mosquito control treatment has been scheduled beginning after dusk on the evening of Monday, July 10, 023. This proactive measure is scheduled due to the detection of over 300 West Nile Virus-positive mosquitoes in north-central and south-central location surveillance traps. There continue to be no known positive cases of the West Nile Virus in humans or pets in the City of Des Moines.

Treatments will continue over several nights to cover the entire community, and applications in residential areas will generally begin after 8:00 p.m. The additional treatment will continue to help reduce the local adult mosquito populations that may transmit the virus to people and pets, helping preserve Des Moines residents' health and comfort.

Residents are encouraged to regularly inspect their properties and eliminate standing water sources where mosquitoes may breed, such as in bird baths, flowerpots, wading pools, kid's toys and other receptacles. Eliminating standing water and mosquito breeding sites every week is important for the continued suppression of local mosquito populations.

Public health officials recommend taking personal protective measures to prevent mosquito bites and related health issues. These protective measures include wearing CDC-recommended repellents, wearing long sleeves/long pants when outdoors, and avoiding being outdoors at dusk and dawn when mosquito populations are most active.

Residents can report nuisance mosquito levels or sign up for advance notifications of scheduled adult control treatments through Clarke's online Resident Hotline at https://www.clarkeportal.com/hotline or by calling 800-942-2555. The City of Des Moines allows residents to opt out of adult mosquito control treatments. For the first treatment of the year, shut-off requests received by 12 PM on Friday, May 19, will be honored by Clarke. These shut-off requests will be valid for the entire 2023 season. Residents who submitted shut-off requests last year are already in the system for the 2023 season.

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