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The Montgomery County Department of Health & Human Services Office of Public Health (OPH), after consulting with the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) East Norriton Township, West Norriton Township, and Norristown Municipality officials, will be adulticiding (spraying) to control the adult mosquito population in selected areas. The spraying will be done where sampling by the OPH and PADEP has shown mosquitoes that carry the West Nile Virus (WNV).
Weather permitting, the spray event will occur on Tuesday, August 13, 2024, from approximately 8 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. The alternate date will be Tuesday, August 20, 2024. All areas within the highlighted sections of the attached map will be subject to the spray. The spray will take place within the borders of Norristown Farm Park, Stanbridge Street Park and Norris City Cemetery. Residents within the spray area should consider remaining indoors, closing windows, and turning off ventilation systems that draw in outside air for the duration of the spray plus 30 minutes after.
Workers will be using Duet® Duel-Action Adulticide at a rate of 0.75 fluid ounces per acre applied with a truck mounted Ultra Low Volume (ULV) sprayer. The spray will be performed by OPH personnel.
OPH will work with appropriate agencies to identify, eliminate, and/or treat with larvicide, areas where mosquitoes are breeding. Residents may contact the OPH at 610.278.5117 or publichealth@montgomerycountypa.gov if they are concerned about an area of standing water that may be breeding mosquitoes. The adult mosquito control program will only be used in limited situations to reduce disease-infected adult mosquitoes.
For further information about the products being used, visit the OPH website. For notification of any future spray events sign up with ReadyMontco at www.montgomerycountypa.gov/readymontco.
Weather permitting, the spray event will occur on Tuesday, August 13, 2024, from approximately 8 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. The alternate date will be Tuesday, August 20, 2024. All areas within the highlighted sections of the attached map will be subject to the spray. The spray will take place within the borders of Norristown Farm Park, Stanbridge Street Park and Norris City Cemetery. Residents within the spray area should consider remaining indoors, closing windows, and turning off ventilation systems that draw in outside air for the duration of the spray plus 30 minutes after.
Workers will be using Duet® Duel-Action Adulticide at a rate of 0.75 fluid ounces per acre applied with a truck mounted Ultra Low Volume (ULV) sprayer. The spray will be performed by OPH personnel.
OPH will work with appropriate agencies to identify, eliminate, and/or treat with larvicide, areas where mosquitoes are breeding. Residents may contact the OPH at 610.278.5117 or publichealth@montgomerycountypa.gov if they are concerned about an area of standing water that may be breeding mosquitoes. The adult mosquito control program will only be used in limited situations to reduce disease-infected adult mosquitoes.
For further information about the products being used, visit the OPH website. For notification of any future spray events sign up with ReadyMontco at www.montgomerycountypa.gov/readymontco.
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