Texas Water Utility Joins Fight Against Zika Virus

El Paso Water Utilities takes steps to reduce prime mosquito breeding areas in stormwater ponds
Texas Water Utility Joins Fight Against Zika Virus
An El Paso Water Utilities employee spreads recycled gypsum at the Saipan Basin stormwater retention pond. The gypsum conditions the clay under the pond to improve water percolation and drainage so that there is less of the standing water mosquitoes need for breeding.

Mosquito control is nothing new to many cities, especially across the South, but the threat of the Zika virus is raising the attention level in many communities. In Texas, El Paso Water Utilities now finds itself on the front lines as the city expands its effort to control the...

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