Due to increasing West Nile virus activity in the area, the Contra Costa Mosquito & Vector Control District will be using truck-mounted, utility vehicle (UTV)-mounted and hand-held ultra-low volume sprayers to control adult mosquitoes in Brentwood.
DATE: Friday, September 4, 2020
TIME: Between dusk (approximately 7:30 p.m.) and 11:00 p.m., weather permitting.
LOCATION: Brentwood
The areas to be treated are green spaces including parks and trails (shaded in orange) within the area bordered on the north by Delta Road; on the south by Concord Avenue; on the east by Sellers Avenue; and on the west by Highway 4.
MATERIALS USED: One insecticide to be used is Zenivex E4 RTU applied at a rate of 1.5 ounces per acre by truck-mounted ultra-low volume sprayers. The other insecticide to be used is Pyrocide 7067 applied at a rate of 0.75 ounces per acre by UTV-mounted and hand-held ultra-low volume sprayers.
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The Contra Costa Mosquito & Vector Control District utilizes an integrated vector management program which means we use a variety of protocols for controlling mosquitoes. These protocols include public education, physical control such as managing vector habitat, biological control such as mosquitofish, and chemical control such as pesticides.
The majority of the District’s mosquito control is completed when mosquitoes are still in their aquatic form, in their water source. Once mosquitoes emerge from the water as adults, the only effective method to control them is by adult mosquito control. We use only those products registered with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for the use of mosquito control and protecting public health. They are applied by our trained and certified technicians.
