The City of Arlington has confirmed two new positive West Nile Virus (WNV) mosquito samples. Pantego has one positive WNV sample located near the Arlington border. As a result, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's recommended spray area extends into Arlington city limits, meaning this area will also receive targeted ground spraying.

Overall, the City of Arlington will conduct targeted ground spraying in the following locations:

• Southwood Boulevard @ Camellia Drive
• Greek Row Drive @ W. Nedderman Drive
• Miller Lane at W. Park Row Drive

To date the City has seven confirmed human cases of WNV. Targeted ground spraying will occur following the City of Arlington Health Authority, Tarrant County Public Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommendations.

Contractors will conduct targeted ground spraying on Monday, September 14 and Tuesday, September 15, 2015 from 9:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m., weather permitting. The City will use an ultra-low volume application of Aqua-Reslin, a water-based permethrin product, in specific areas where larviciding and other measures have not proven effective.

Employees and contractors have conducted routine trapping and larviciding in strategic locations throughout the City since the beginning of the season. For months, crews have surveyed low-lying areas for standing water.

Arlington residents are also reminded to enjoy the outdoors, but to remember the Four D's:

Dusk and dawn are the times of day you should try to stay indoors. This is when infected mosquitoes are most active.

Dress in long sleeves and pants when you're outside. For extra protection, you may want to spray thin clothing with repellent.

DEET is an ingredient to look for in your insect repellent. Follow label instructions, and always wear repellent when outdoors.

Drain standing water in your yard and neighborhood where mosquitoes can breed. This includes old tires, flowerpots, clogged rain gutters, etc. Mosquitoes may develop in any water stagnant for more than three or four days.

For more information about the targeted ground spraying, please call the City of Arlington's Action Center at 817-459-6777.

Get the facts about West Nile Virus, by visiting:

http://www.arlingtontx.gov/westnile