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Douglas Wright, General Manager

THE SOUTH COOK COUNTY MOSQUITO ABATEMENT DISTRICT

OFFICE:  15500 DIXIE HIGHWAY, (P.O. BOX 1030)
HARVEY, ILLINOIS 60426-7030
PHONE 708-333-4120
Email: sccmad@sbcglobal.net                            Website: www.sccmad.com

BOARD OF TRUSTEES:                                                   GENERAL MANAGER:
Charles Givines, President, Harvey                                        Douglas Wright         
Patrick McCool, Member, Tinley Park
Nick Maloni, Secretary, Chicago Heights                              BOARD ATTORNEY:
Wallace Young, Treasurer, Chicago                                         Felicia Fraizer
                                   

Message from the Manager’s Desk

           
In 2010, mosquito control operations began in April and continued into early October.  The entire mosquito season was very busy due to the alternating heavy rainfall and extremely hot temperatures.  This was good and bad.  The good, heavy rainfall flushed slow moving creeks, drainage ditches and catch basins slowing West Nile Virus activity.  The bad, a long and constant battle with flood water mosquitoes.   Although Culex mosquito samples tested positive for West Nile Virus in high numbers, it could have been a lot worst.

            The South Cook County Mosquito Abatement District continued a high level of surveillance for the presence of mosquito-borne diseases, and maintained a close liaison with the Illinois and Cook County Departments of Public Health, and local Public Works and Health agencies in an effort to prevent these diseases.

            We are consistently stressing the importance of having a good to excellent survey and surveillance on all mosquitoes in our District and using larviciding as our primary control method to accomplish our goal.