As mosquito activity intensifies across Sydney, with Southwestern Sydney bearing the brunt, local governments are urging residents to chlorinate their pools and secure rainwater tanks to prevent mosquito breeding.

In a now-deleted update, Liverpool Council indicated that Sydney Water’s Liverpool Recycling Plant in Warwick Farm is under investigation as a possible breeding hotspot, raising public health concerns across the community.

Associate Professor Cameron Webb, Principal Hospital Scientist for NSW Health Pathology, sheds light on the surge in mosquitoes this season and what it could mean for residents’ safety in the warmer months ahead.