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City of Troy 2006 Mosquito Control Program

The City continues to institute proactive public health measures to reduce the mosquito population in the local environment.

RETENTION PONDS

Larvicide and adulticide

Section	Location	Larvicide (acres)	Adulticide (acres)
3	Lovell – Lovell & Rochester Rd.	2.65	3.64
5	Farmer Jack – south of Farmer Jack at Crooks & South Boulevard, just north of Woodcrest & Crestview	2.00	1.82
14	Chapel - at end of Fairmont, where Chapel and Fairmont come together	2.80	2.40
22	Lapp – at Bristol	.70	2.61
	TOTAL	8.15	10.47

PARKS

Larvicide (including parking lot catch basins) and adulticide

Section	Name	Larvicide (acres)	Adulticide (acres)
1	Flynn	none	5.63
1	Sanctuary Lakes Golf Course (see #6)	1.61	25.4
5	Firefighters	12.99	93.76
10	Sylvan Glen	8.00	19.29
10	Sylvan Glen Golf Course (see #6)	21.05	23.46
11	Jaycee	none	32.75
18	Beach	.59	9.67
19	Schroeder	7.98	11.48
20	Boulan	2.27	51.98
21	Civic Center site – north of Town Center	none	43.00
23	Raintree	8.20	37.22
24	Beaver Trail	5.23	10.00
25	Brinston	none	17.44
27	Robinwood	7.00	20.22
35	Redwood	none	3.59
36	Milverton Site	5.11	7.57
	TOTAL	80.03	412.46

OPEN DRAINS

Larvicide & adulticide

Section	Name	From	Direction	To	Length in miles
2	Ferry	South Blvd	S	300' S of Diane	1.00
11	Renshaw-Gibson	Rochester	E	John R.	1.35
15	Sturgis	Livernois	E & S	Wattles	1.00
18	Rouge River	E of Kingsbury	S & W	Wattles	.75
21	No name	E of Ruthland	E	Livernois	.20
23	Boyd	50' w of Daley	E	Intersection Sturgis inlet at end of Boyd	.40
28	No name	Crooks	E & W	Heidi & Kirts Inlet	.52
TOTAL					5.22

Sub-Division Curb Catch Basins

Larvicide only

Estimated number of basins	Estimated total miles to travel
6000	260

Golf Courses

* see below

Frequency:

1. All areas to receive larvicide prior to May 15.
2. Sub-divisions curb catch basins to be treated only once with a larvicide product that is active for 150 days.
3. Larviciding of retention ponds, open drains and parks shall be done once in May and then again in thirty days.
4. Excluding subdivision curb catch basins, all subject areas are to be sprayed once each of the following months: May, June, July, August, and September.

Spraying:

1. Applications shall be made by ultra low volume misting at 3.5 PSI or better.
2. Areas may be retreated due to adverse weather conditions within six (6) hours of application.

Larviciding:

1. In subject areas, all vernal pools, detention / retention areas (engineered or naturally occurring) and any other area / object that by its nature allows the breeding of mosquito, shall receive larvicide treatments.

Pesticide Products:

• Larvicide:
  • VectoBac G for Retention ponds, open drains and parks
  • Altoside XR Briquets (Extended Release Briquets) – Subdivision curb catch basins
• Adulticide:
  • Biomist 4 + 12

* Golf Course areas to be treated:

Sylvan Glen – Larvicide

• 2300' x 20' of shoreline at Sylvan Lake
• 13 acres of wood at #16 green
• 7 acres of newly created wetlands

Sylvan Glen – Adulticide

• 13 acres of woods at #16 green
• 1 acre of woods at #17 green
• 2 acre of woods at #14 tee
• 7 acres of newly created wet lands
• 1000' x 20' inside property line along Rochester Rd.

Sanctuary Lake – Larvicide

• 3500' x 20' of shore line at Sanctuary lake

Sylvan Glen – Adulticide

• 24 acres pf wood lots
• 3050' x 20' along east, south and west property lines