Full Notification

The City of Grapevine has received official confirmation from the Tarrant County Health Department’s West Nile Virus Monitoring Division that mosquitoes carrying the West Nile Virus have been detected in Grapevine. The location is in the mid-westsector of the city.  This comes after several months of collecting mosquitoes for testing and proactively addressing the breeding grounds for mosquitoes throughout the city.
 
As a result of this confirmation, breeding ground eradication efforts will be increased in the area encompassing a ½ mile radius from the collection points.   Breeding grounds include creek-beds, storm drains, abandoned pools, and ponds and treated where necessary.
 
Actions, both continued and enhanced, will include surveillance and larvacide treatment of potential mosquito breeding grounds. Notifications will be distributed to Homeowner Associations and crime-watch districts in the areas use of social media outlets and phone call notification program,accompanied by continued monitoring of mosquitoes in cooperation with the Tarrant County Health Department’s West Nile Virus monitoring plan.  City staff members from the Parks Division, Storm Drainage Division, Police Department, City Manager’s Office, and GIS Division are collectively implementing this plan.
 
Citizens are encouraged to participate by insuring that they dispose of standing water on their property.  This includes birdbaths, dog bowls, flower pots, stagnant swimming pools, rain gutters, old tires, or virtually anything that could hold water and foster the growth of the mosquito population.
 
The City of Grapevine provides complimentary larvacide briquettes to the Grapevine residents.  These are available at the Parks & Recreation Office in City Hall from 8am-5pm weekdays, or the Community Activities Center during their standardbusiness hours.  Each briquette will treat 100 square feet of water and is good for 30 days if not washed away.  There is a limit of two briquettes per household, per month.  Additional briquettes are available for purchase at several area merchants located throughout the city of Grapevine.