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a <br /> 6908 Oak Circle Backyard Drainage Project <br /> a <br /> Issue brought up by city council was that this is not a group issue and would <br /> only impact an individual residence. <br /> Eliminating the backyard drainage problem at 6908 Oak Circle would benefit <br /> numerous residence of the city of Centerville through mosquito control. <br /> s <br /> The backyard drainage issue at 6908 Oak Circle creates a large body of <br /> stagnant water that takes weeks to fully drain, even as we are actively <br /> pumping out the water, as it refills every time it rains and remains wet for <br /> months. <br /> This creates a perfect breeding ground for Aedes vexans mosquitos. <br /> This type of mosquito is a "floodwater" mosquito that lays its eggs on moist <br /> surfaces near stagnant flood water and relies on periodic submersion for <br /> eggs to hatch into larvae (Mosquito control and stormwater management, <br /> 2023). <br /> Practices that would seem to cause mosquito breeding to proliferate would <br /> include water basins or holding areas that hold water in a stagnant condition <br /> for longer than 3 days" (Mosquito control and stormwater management, <br /> 2023). <br /> According to the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, controlling standing <br /> and stagnant water, and adapting design and habitat conditions are the <br /> ways Minnesotans can avoid a proliferation of mosquito breeding. <br /> 1 <br />