Empty Town Lake bugging nearby residents

by Associated Press (September 8th, 2010 @ 10:16am)

TEMPE, Ariz. -- Something is really bugging Tempe residents and office workers near the dry hole that was once the shimmering Town Lake.

Midge flies are gathering around condos and office complexes that front the lake. Experts say the bugs are drawn to lights and like to fly into outdoor patio areas where people sit at night.

Bug zappers say the problem was under control when the lake was full and fish were eating insects. But the fish either died or were swept downstream when the lake's rubber dam failed in July.

A Tempe spokeswoman says the city told exterminators to make the lake's condo areas a priority.

Exterminators are out trying to rid the dry lake bed of the flies and other pests by putting down larvicide in breeding areas. They hope that works until the lake is refilled and stocked with fish.


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    And They'll Be Happy
    azdriver
    They'll be happy because the city is going to repair the dam using the same system that already failed the first time around. I feel better already. P.S. You're going to have more bugs around when you have water.
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    Hmmmm..
    Jimmy James
    If you live in Tempe and your swimming pool is green and attracting flies, insects, and mosquitos You will be fined and criminally charged. So now the City in causing the health hazard, on a bigger scale and gets away with it.
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    WAIT RIGHT THERE
    porshe914
    I'm gonna call the whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaambulance HA HA HA LOL
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    It looks just like
    Steve C
    the old days when the river flowed all year long! I like it!
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    TEMPE CRAPHOLE
    thisiscompletebullchit
    Why it was even made is beyond me.
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