Quick History :

1923 – Legislation was passed authorizing mosquito districts in Utah
1947 – The Utah Mosquito Abatement Association was founded, the same year as the National American Mosquito Control Association

1958 – The State of Utah had a Western Equine Encephalitis outbreak that greatly impacted the Delta Utah area.

1961 – The West Millard Mosquito Abatement District was created for the greater communities of Delta, Oasis, Hinckley and Deseret.

1980 -- The community of Lynndyl was annexed into the district.

1989 – The community of Leamington was annexed into the district.

The West Millard Mosquito Abatement District was organized as an independent local government entity on July 5,1961. The district has always enjoyed the involvement of the local citizens. One of the first actions of the district was to capture mosquito fish in the shallow water of Utah Lake and distribute the fish at a local agricultural cooperative so that the community members could put them in the mosquito sources on their properties.

We currently have a five member Board of Trustees comprised of one member from  each of the four incorporated municipalities and one County at large member to represent the unincorporated area of the district. Like other Utah districts we are governed by Utah Code 17B and receive all of our funding through annual property tax assessments.

We have two full time employees and have had as many as sixteen seasonal employees who work during the mosquito season.