Help your elderly or frail neighbors and relatives with these activities (older people are more vulnerable to severe West Nile virus).

• Tip water out of barrels, buckets and wheelbarrows and turn them over so water cannot collect
• Tip out containers that could hold water such as toys, cans or plant saucers weekly
• Empty children's wading pools weekly
• Change water in birdbaths, pet watering dishes and animal troughs at least once a week
• Discard, properly store or drill holes in used tires
• Clean debris from ornamental ponds and keep fountains running during the summer
• Stock ornamental ponds with fish
• Maintain swimming pools and hot tubs
• Recycle old bottles, buckets, and cans
• Clean leaf-clogged gutters
• Drain flat topped roofs
• Dump water off of tarps and plastic sheeting
• Drain water from covers on pools, boats and hot tubs
• Repair leaky outdoor faucets
• Cover rain barrels with mosquito screens
• Cover garbage cans with an appropriate lid
• Repair ripped window and door screens and make sure they fit tight; use a screen door on doors that often are left open
• Consult a licensed pest control operator for mosquito habitat that cannot be controlled by drainage or other means

NOTE: If you are considering using a pesticide to control mosquitoes, please see the legal requirements.