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Mosquito Abatement & Rodent Control - Aerial Spray Operations

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1. How can we know when the airplane will be spraying our area?: You can check with the local news broadcasts at 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. Our departmental personnel can notify chemically sensitive individuals when we will be conducting spray operations in their area. For more information contact our department's biologists.

2. What type of chemical is sprayed from the airplane?: Naled, an organophosphate insecticide that has been used for decades in mosquito control.

3. How high does the airplane fly when spraying?: It flies 250 to 300 feet.