Mosquito Abatement Efforts at Fairview Wetlands

The City detailed a multi-agency plan to control mosquito breeding in the vicinity of Fairview Park Wetlands.

Following is a status update on the plan:

• The City employed the services of McNabb Construction to clear the Fairview Wetland Ponds of bulrush and vegetation along its shores and cleared a 10-foot-wide area in the pond and along the shores to enhance the effectiveness of mosquito control efforts by the Orange County Vector Control District.
• Paths along the ponds have been cleared to allow the vector control to have continued access.
• Vector control will monitor and increase their efforts to control mosquito breeding.
• City crews flushed the storm drains and cleaned the catch basins twice in the lower bird tracts in the past two weeks.
• A contractor will perform a video inspection of the storm drain lines in the next two weeks to make sure that there are no breeding opportunities for mosquitos.
• City staff has been checking the Greenville-Banning supply line three times per week to make sure that the water flow has been maintained.