The City of McAllen Environmental Health and Code Enforcement Department is controlling mosquito populations in the community by bringing increased focus to eliminating standing water, preventing mosquito larvae from hatching and mosquito spraying. The City of McAllen Health Department has surveyed McAllen neighborhoods to identify and treat areas of standing water that can serve as prime locations for mosquitoes to lay their eggs. Elimination of standing stagnant water is the ultimate goal, but in places where puddles exist, the water can be treated to kill mosquito larvae with a chemical called larvicide, continuing to larvicide locations to eliminate mosquito breeding. The ...