Westchester Health Department Shares Tips To Prevent West Nile | Katonah Real Estate
The West Nile virus was found this week in Rye Brook and the county wants to help protect you from the mosquito-borne disease.
Now that the rain has stopped, the county Health Deparment says there is a lot you can do to prevent mosquitoes from breeding and biting in your neighborhood:
• Check around your property for tin cans, plastic containers, ceramic pots or similar water-holding containers that should be discarded or turned over to prevent collecting water.
• Check and remove standing water from children’s toys and play houses left outside.
• Dispose of old tires.
• Drill holes in the bottoms of all recycling containers that are left outdoors.
• Turn over plastic wading pools, buckets and wheelbarrows when not in use.
• Change the water in birdbaths at least twice weekly.
• Sweep driveways after it rains to clear puddles.
• Check and remove standing water from children’s toys and play houses left outside.
• Dispose of old tires.
• Drill holes in the bottoms of all recycling containers that are left outdoors.
• Turn over plastic wading pools, buckets and wheelbarrows when not in use.
• Change the water in birdbaths at least twice weekly.
• Sweep driveways after it rains to clear puddles.
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