Summer Safety: Take protective steps during mosquito season

(ROCKWALL, TX – July 12, 2018)  The City of Rockwall is encouraging residents to take proactive steps during the hot summer months to help protect against mosquito-borne illness. Mosquitoes are worst especially at dusk and dawn, and they can spread illnesses such as West Nile virus and Zika. Here are a few ways to reduce exposure: […]

City of Rockwall Mosquito Fogging Program begins next week

(ROCKWALL, TX – August 30, 2017)  The City of Rockwall mosquito abatement program has continually monitored mosquito populations in live mosquito traps in various locations around the City. Those samples are sent to the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) to be tested for West Nile virus. The State informed the City that two […]

Update: City of Rockwall – Mosquito Fogging Program

(ROCKWALL, TX – Aug. 18, 2016) Due to wet weather conditions this week, the City of Rockwall has been unable to administer the fogging program. Beginning Monday, August 22, City crews will resume fogging in a one-mile radius in areas where mosquitoes have been trapped and tested positive for West Nile virus. These areas include […]

Rockwall to begin fogging streets for mosquitoes July 18

(ROCKWALL, TX – July 14, 2016)  The City of Rockwall Mosquito Abatement Program has continually monitored mosquito populations in live mosquito traps in various locations around the City. Those samples are sent to the Texas Department of State Health Services to be tested for West Nile virus. The State informed the City that a live […]

City of Heath to spray for mosquitoes Wednesday, Oct 7

(HEATH, TX – Oct 6, 2015) A mosquito sample taken at Lot 6 Waters Edge in Buffalo Creek tested positive for the West Nile Virus. As a result, ground-based spraying for mosquitoes will occur in the area shown on the map below on Wednesday, October 7 after 9 p.m., weather permitting. The City will continue […]

City of Rockwall to fog in area where mosquito tested positive for West Nile

(ROCKWALL, TX – October 1, 2015) Based upon the recommendation of the City Health Official, the City of Rockwall staff is initiating a limited Mosquito Abatement Program consisting of fogging in a one mile radius of the Hickory Ridge/Meadowcreek developments. Beginning on Monday, October 5th, City crews will begin fogging streets between the hours of 11pm […]

Rockwall Mosquito Ground Spray Update

(ROCKWALL, TX – June 15, 2015) The City of Rockwall Mosquito Abatement Program has continually monitored mosquito populations in live mosquito traps in various locations around the City. Those samples are sent to the Texas Department of State Health Services to be tested for the West Nile Virus. At this time, there have been no mosquito traps that […]

City of Rockwall to begin mosquito ground spraying this weekend

ROCKWALL, TX (August 26, 2014) The City of Rockwall Mosquito Abatement Program has continually monitored mosquito populations in live mosquito traps in various locations around the City.  Those samples are sent to the Texas Department of State Health Services to be tested for the West Nile Virus.  At this time, there have been no mosquito […]

City of Heath spraying for mosquitoes this weekend

HEATH, TX. (August 21, 2014) A mosquito sample taken in The Moraine neighborhood on August 19 tested positive for the West Nile Virus. As a result, ground-based spraying for mosquitoes will occur in the area shown on the map below on Friday, August 22 and Sunday, August 24 after 9 p.m., weather permitting. The City […]

Rockwall City Briefs

(Rockwall) October 4, 2012 –  Sign regulations approved Non-profit groups in the City of Rockwall have until Sept. 3, 2013 to use cloth, vinyl-type free-standing banner signs and metal or wood free-standing on-premise. Rockwall council members approved the ordinance amendment with conditions regulating how non-profit groups can display signs on their property, which include: Signs […]