Termites Originating From Public Property Are Infesting A Man’s Home
Termites Originating From Public Property Are Infesting A Man’s Home
Many of us live in homes that are within close proximity to city property. On the surface it would not seem disadvantageous to live in a home that is located near city property, but one man is blaming the city for the termites that are infesting his home. So how could the city be to blame for termites infesting an individual’s home? Termites are located everywhere, it is not like all termites originate on city property. Of course subterranean termites inhabit soil everywhere, but subterranean termites are attracted to water, and this is the problem. A man who news outlets are referring to as “John” has recently told a local news channel about the city’s failure to prevent termites from infesting a creek located behind his home. John reported his termite problem to a local news channel in El Paso only after he made several unsuccessful attempts to get the city of El Paso to address the termite activity in the creek behind his home. Apparently, the termites are abundant within the creek and these termites quickly relocate to his home where they cause damage to his property.
The particular creek that is located behind John’s home is managed by El Paso Water, which refers to the creek as the “Northeast Channel #1”. According to John, the water company has not cleaned the creek in over two years, and as a result of the creeks lack of maintenance termites have proliferated in the creek. John also claims that his neighbor has already been forced to contact pest control professionals as a result of the city’s failure to clean the creek on a regular basis. When John called the water company, he apparently got the “runaround,” as did his neighbor.
The problem is that El Paso Water does not conduct pest removal services. Officials with El Paso Water instructed John and his neighbor to call the city’s vector control department. Unfortunately, officials with the the vector control department told John that only mosquitoes were the department’s concern. However, John was not willing to give up his quest to force the city government to handle the termite issue within the creek so he was put in touch with a senior official at the water department named Josh Muniz. Josh eventually dispatched workers to clean the creek, but the workers were not trained pest control experts. There is no word yet on the state of the termite presence in the creek behind John’s home.
If you were in John’s situation would you expect the city government to eradicate the termite threat?