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Immediate Spring/Summer 2003 News Release:

West Nile Virus A Concern To All... Mosquito Infestation & The West Nile Virus:

OUTDOOR SWIMMING POOL PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE PROGRAM

Pre-Season Commercial Swimming Pool Care Programs

In response to our Customer's growing concerns pertaining to the West Nile Virus and how it will effect them and their residents, at Superior we believe an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure!

Many concerned customers and their residents and in some cases Health Department officials are calling and asking us; "How can we prevent mosquito infestation in and around our closed swimming pools before and after the swim season?"

In the spring, after the snow has melted and the ice in the pool melts, the stagnant swimming pool water tends to turn green and has the potential to become a mosquito breading ground. Similarly, after the swimming pool is closed in the fall, and until the freeze, the same stagnant issues apply.

We are taking the threat of the West Nile Virus very seriously, especially after the recent news reports, which indicated that over 1000 cases were reported in the GTA.

Before you spend hundreds of dollars on quick cure remedies, there are steps you and your building staff can take early in the spring to reduce the threat of mosquito infestation and this ever increasing problem.

1) Remove all weeds and tall grass away from the pool deck and area;

2) Remove any garbage that may have collected on the pool deck over the winter, especially cups, cans or any other container that could hold and contain stagnant water;

3) If your swimming pool does not have a "safety" pool cover, but rather is uncovered or has a "water bag & cover" system, then we suggest the following:

i) If the pool is uncovered, we suggest that you purchase liquid chlorine and add it to the pool water on a regular basis until you are ready to drain, clean and open the pool;

ii) If your pool has the water bag & cover system, we suggest that you have the water drained off the cover, remove any garbage, hose down the cover and keep it drained until you are ready to open your pool;

4) If you are not planning on draining the pool right after the spring thaw, we suggest you purchase liquid chlorine and add it to the pool water on a regular basis until you are ready to drain and open the pool. Mosquitoes don't like clean water! Please call us and we can help you with dosage requirements.

Yours truly,

Howie Kirshenbaum,
President

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Last modified: 05/13/03