The City of Salmon Arm will be receiving provincial grant money to help control the spread of West Nile Virus.
Last week council learned the city will be receiving a grant totalling $26,439 through the B.C. Government’s West Nile Risk Reduction Initiative.
Engineering and public works director Dale McTaggart said the funds would go towards a larvaciding program, expected to begin soon.
“We have a large list of areas where mosquitoes breed, catch basins, areas with standing water year round,” said McTaggart.
A contractor will treat these with VectoBac, a larvacide that is environmentally safe and targets only mosquito, black fly, midge and filter fly larvae. It has no effect on aquatic life.