Colleyville West Nile Woes Continue Despite Aggressive Treatment

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COLLEYVILLE (CBSDFW.COM) City workers in Colleyville have been engaged in what, so far, seems like a futile fight. Despite aggressive treatment, the West Nile Virus keeps popping up in one area over and over.

CBS 11 News set out to find out why the virus is proving so tough to get rid of.

For the last month Randy Bright has been on the hunt. The Colleyville code enforcement officer walks through one neighborhoods alleys and creek beds, finds mosquitos, and kills them.

Its whenever I cant find em is when its a problem, he said.

The problem is constant. Despite Brights best efforts, and reports that there are two-thirds fewer mosquitos overall in the area, West Nile keeps showing up.

Bright said, Youre thinking no matter what I do they continue to breed, so youre trying to find out where theyre breeding.

In an area full of children, resident Justin Cleveland said people are starting to ask if the city needs to spray. You gotta let the city do what theyre going to do, he said. It doesnt look good for them to get more and more reports, so theyre going to do the best they can to take care for the problem. I think.

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Colleyville West Nile Woes Continue Despite Aggressive Treatment