Fight Stormwater Mosquitoes
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www.stormh2o.com Mosquitoes are annoying. No joke. A single mosquito flying around your bedroom when you are trying to sleep can literally test your mental and emotional limits. While one is bad enough, a swarm of mosquitoes can lead to outright panic. What’s more, many species have embraced the urban lifestyle, using sources of standing water we’ve intentionally or unintentionally created as nurseries for their larvae. And, as you might guess, this includes water found within modern infrastructure engineered to manage stormwater runoff. In fact, in many urban areas, there is some evidence that stormwater infrastructure may be the single greatest source of mosquitoes (Harbison et al. 2010). With these rather disturbing visuals in place, we present an argument for increased collaboration between stormwater and mosquito control agencies to improve our chances against these irritatingly persistent foes.
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Evaluation of manhole inserts as structural barriers to mosquito entry into belowground stormwater systems using a simulated treatment device.
Belowground proprietary stormwater treatment devices can produce mosquitoes, including vectors of West Nile virus. Elimination of vertical entry points such as pick holes in manhole covers may reduce the number of mosquitoes entering and reproducing in these structures. Plastic manhole dish inserts were evaluated as structural barriers against mosquito entry through pick holes in a simulated st...
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Efforts to improve water quality increasingly rely on structural stormwater best management practices (BMPs) to remove pollutants from urban runoff. These structures can unintentionally produce mosquitoes and may play a role in the spread of mosquito-borne diseases. A questionnaire was distributed to over 300 stormwater and mosquito control agencies in the United States to assess the prevalence...
متن کاملAbility of newly emerged adult Culex quinquefasciatus (Diptera: Culicidae) mosquitoes to exit belowground stormwater treatment systems via lateral conveyance pipes.
Culex quinquefasciatus Say mosquitoes flourish in belowground stormwater systems in the southern United States. Recent evidence suggests that oviposition-site-seeking females may have difficulties locating, entering, and ovipositing inside permanent water chambers when surface entry through pickholes in manhole covers are sealed. It remains unknown, however, if newly emerged adults are able to ...
متن کاملDiscovery of vector mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) in newly installed above- and belowground stormwater treatment systems in San Diego County, California.
Stormwater treatment systems (STS) intended to mitigate the potentially negative public health and environmental impact caused by urban runoff are highly conducive to mosquito production. Thirty-one STS, 15 aboveground extended detention basins (EDBs) and 16 proprietary belowground systems newly installed along State Route 125 in San Diego County, CA, were inspected monthly between July 2008 an...
متن کاملDevelopment time of Culex mosquitoes in stormwater management structures in California.
A widely recommended strategy to minimize mosquito production in structural stormwater Best Management Practices (BMPs) is to ensure they hold captured water for no more than 72 h. However, this standard may be overly conservative for many mosquito species found in urban environments and may impede or prevent the capacity of BMPs to fulfill more stringent water quality standards in environmenta...
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