| HomeOwner Tips |
| North Shore Mosquito Abatement District Homeowner Tips |
| The following are recommendations from the Illinois Department of Public Health and the NSMAD as preventive measures that can be taken to help reduce mosquito-breeding sites. With proper water management, together we can keep mosquito breeding and Mosquito-borne diseases to a minimum. |
1. Clean and properly maintain catch basins that hold water.
2. Cut, remove, and properly discard excess overhanging vegetation along
or over the banks of drainage ditches or stagnant slow-moving streams.
3. Eliminate water-holding tree stumps; cut, remove, and properly discard
excess vegetation and weeds around lagoons, ponds and similar
habitats, so that a shaded canopy of vegetation is not allowed to provide
an ideal environment for the development of the mosquito.
4. Clean out debris, broken tree limbs, and objects that impede
the normal stream flow so polluted pockets of water do not remain.
5. Stack pails, barrels, tubs, vases, wheelbarrows, and similar containers
upside down so water does not accumulate in them.
6. Fill or drain any low places where water may stand for more than a week.
7. Inspect and clean rain gutters and downspout's if leaves and other debris
block them.
8. Collect and properly discard all useless artificial containers and old tires.
9. Place tight covers over rain barrels, cisterns, septic tanks, and other
containers that hold water.
10.Change the water in birdbaths and wading pools once a week.
11.Check flower pots for mosquito larvae.
12.Properly maintain backyard swimming pools to discourage the
development of mosquitoes by draining and covering any pool not in use.
2. Cut, remove, and properly discard excess overhanging vegetation along
or over the banks of drainage ditches or stagnant slow-moving streams.
3. Eliminate water-holding tree stumps; cut, remove, and properly discard
excess vegetation and weeds around lagoons, ponds and similar
habitats, so that a shaded canopy of vegetation is not allowed to provide
an ideal environment for the development of the mosquito.
4. Clean out debris, broken tree limbs, and objects that impede
the normal stream flow so polluted pockets of water do not remain.
5. Stack pails, barrels, tubs, vases, wheelbarrows, and similar containers
upside down so water does not accumulate in them.
6. Fill or drain any low places where water may stand for more than a week.
7. Inspect and clean rain gutters and downspout's if leaves and other debris
block them.
8. Collect and properly discard all useless artificial containers and old tires.
9. Place tight covers over rain barrels, cisterns, septic tanks, and other
containers that hold water.
10.Change the water in birdbaths and wading pools once a week.
11.Check flower pots for mosquito larvae.
12.Properly maintain backyard swimming pools to discourage the
development of mosquitoes by draining and covering any pool not in use.
© 2008 NSMAD
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To see a poster that reviews the Homeowner Tips
listed above,Click on the following link:
"Protect Your Home Against Mosquitoes":
Designed and Created by
the Illinois Department of Public Health.
listed above,Click on the following link:
"Protect Your Home Against Mosquitoes":
Designed and Created by
the Illinois Department of Public Health.
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