Chatham County Mosquito Control is responsible for providing a comprehensive, cost effective mosquito abatement program for Chatham County and all of its municipalities.
This is accomplished through the implementation and integration of various safe and environmentally sound mosquito control measures to protect all Chatham citizens from pestiferous and medically important mosquitoes.
Chatham County is the most northern coastal county in Georgia, with a land area of approximately 438 square miles.The area includes a variety of aquatic and terrestrial habitats, such as coastal barrier islands, urban landscape, and xeric sandhill regions. Forty species of mosquitoes are known to occur in the county. Chatham County Mosquito Contrtol has a staff of twenty-nine and is fortunate to be an independent county department, reporting directly to the County Manager.
Treatments for adult mosquitoes were conducted last week along the western side of the county to control floodwater mosquitoes. Elevated river stages on both the Savannah and Ogeechee rivers in that section of the county have provided mosquitoes favorable conditions for larvae. However, both rivers, particularly the Savannah River, appear to be returning to near normal levels. We will continue to monitor mosquito numbers in these areas and retreat areas as needed. Those residents interested in knowing when aerial missions for controlling adult mosquitoes in their area will take place can register on the Smart911 system, please vitsit: https://www.smart911.com/smart911/ref/reg.action?pa=chathamcounty.
It is easy to help stop mosquitoes from reproducing and spreading disease. Mosquitoes need standing water to breed.
Keep all containers around your home free from standing water!