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County health department treating stormwater basins this week

By Patrick Damp

June 5, 2022 / 10:08 AM EDT / CBS Pittsburgh

ACHD to treat stormwater catch basins this week

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - The Allegheny County Health Department will be busy fighting mosquitos this week.

Crews will be out treating stormwater catch basins with pesticides in certain parts of the city.

The pesticides are non-toxic to people, pets, and aquatic life.

Treatments will begin on Monday and last through Friday.

It will happen between 4:30 p.m. and 9 p.m.

Allegheny County Health Department

Patrick Damp

Patrick Damp is a web producer for CBS Pittsburgh. A Pittsburgh native who grew up watching KDKA-TV, Patrick studied journalism at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. After half a decade in sports communication, Patrick decided to pursue his dream of working in journalism in his hometown and joined the CBS Pittsburgh team in 2019.