Anti-mosquito spraying planned throughout Coachella Valley

INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) - Vector control officials will conduct anti-mosquito spraying to help prevent the spread of mosquito-borne viruses starting this week throughout the Coachella Valley.

The Coachella Valley Mosquito and Vector Control District will operate the treatment on Saturdays from 1 a.m. to 7 a.m. starting on July 19 through Sept. 6.

The agency said it will apply a wide area larvicide using truck-mounted equipment that combines high volumes of air and low volumes of liquid larvicide mixed with water. The product applied for the operation is an organic larvicide approved by the Organic Materials Review Institute and is safe for people, pets, and other insects.

The cities targeted will include Cathedral City, Palm Springs and Palm Desert.

“Every year we analyze our trap data, our mosquito abundance data from across the valley and we’ve determined that these four communities have increase mosquito at least in the last year so in order to prepare for the upcoming mosquito season, we are targeting these communities to try to eliminate any mosquito breeding.”

Robert Gaona, CV Mosquito & Vector Control District public information officer

To view a map of treatment areas and for more information, go to www.cvmosquito.org/mosquito-control-treatments-e755425.

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