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Mosquitoes and recycling waste water |
Cahiers d'études et de recherches francophones / Santé . Volume 5, Number 2, 89-94, Mars-Avril 1995, Étude originale
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Author(s) : Saïd Karch, Jean Mouchet, SIAAP, SEEM, 14, Allée François-1
er, 93600 Aulnay-sous-Bois, France, Orstom, 213, rue Lafayette, 75010 Paris, France.. |
Summary : Recycling waste water in the Achères complex (North-West Paris) is based on both sophisticated industrial techniques and simple agricultural methods. The sewage farms and settling pools provide suitable breeding sites for more than ten mosquito species. Aedes caspius is the major pest for the local population. Moreover
Culex pipiens (anthropophilic form) breeds in the sewers of the neighbouring towns. Mosquito control is based early ground treatment of breeding sites. Temephos and fenotrothion are used against
A. caspius. Spherimos® (
Bacillus sphaericus) is used to control
C. pipiens. The two insecticides have no adverse effect on humans or the environment and Spherimos® is harmless. Aedes pest have been virtually eliminated. Urban
Culex control is generally good despite being performed by less well trained municipal employees. In the areas treated by the specialised team of the SIAAP, pest mosquitoes have disappeared. The techniques used in the Achères complex do not require sophisticated equipment. Thus, if adapted to local ecological, epidemiological and financial conditions they could be transferred to developing countries. |
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