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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