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standing water

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standing water [¦stand·iŋ ′wȯd·ər]
(hydrology)


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Ways to prevent exposure to West Nile virus include draining standing water at least once a week; wearing protective clothes, especially at dusk and dawn when mosquitoes are most active; ensuring doors and windows have tight-fitting screens; and using repellant containing DEET, picaradin or oil of lemon eucalyptus when outside.
As a result, river floods and standing water have perennially plagued the city.
Cool, wet soils are still the norm there--and now areas of flat-black fields in central Iowa are flat pools of standing water.
 
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