"The worst part is that they are being installed adjacent to business and residential areas, right next to where people live."
I am a Land Surveyor in DE and here anyway, that last statement is an absloute fact. Every new Housing development or business that is built must have Stormwater Mgmt. Pond or the Conservation guys will ensure that nothing is built. In fact the pond is built before any construction is allowed.
Mousquito breeding area? Yes definitely! As even when it is dry everywhere else, the bottom of most ponds are wet.
Del
Not only THAT, but they are ugly, expensive and a waste of resources and mostly serve the community by collecting litter and debris.
Most places are now "zero-runoff", which puts any PE in the postion of having to do "magic" on a site.
My favorite PE/RLS detests them.
I doubt the threat of mosquito's will change anything.
Thankyou EPA.