Carthage Odor Survey

Here is a copy the Carthage Odor Survey, recently distributed in CW&EP utility bills. The instructions invite you complete and return it to either Carthage Water & Electric Co.(CW&EP), the City of Carthage Public Library, or Leanne Tippett Mosby c/o Missouri Department of Natural Resources (MDNR). The addresses, e-mails and fax numbers are below. [click on survey images for close-up image]




Carthage Water & Electric Co.
149 E. 3rd Street
Carthage, MO. 64836

Carthage Public Library
612 S. Garrison Ave.
Carthage, MO. 64836

Leanne Tippett Mosby
Division of Environmental Quality
Missouri Department of Natural Resources
PO Box 176
Jefferson City, MO. 65102
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scan and e-mail to
leanne.tippett.mosby@dnr.mo.gov
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fax to 573-751-9277

Stink Survey?

The Joplin Globe, (Wednesday, October 28, 2008) reports on a stink survey being circulated in Carthage, for residents to complete, "Carthage Mayor Hopes Residents Pile on Odor-Survey Responses". “It’s really important that everyone fill them out and return them. The more specific information DNR gets on how people are affected, the better it will be,” Carthage Mayor, Jim Woestman.

Leanne Tippett-Mosby, Div. Environmental Quality, Missouri Department of Natural Resources (DNR), is also encouraging residents to complete the survey. DNR is asking residents to complete the survey in another effort to pinpoint the source and severity of the city’s four-year-old odor problem. The surveys ask residents if they have experienced odors from that area, how long the problem has occurred, the duration of the problem, wind conditions and other information.

Carthage Bottoms Area Odor Study: A Missouri Test Case for Odorant, Prioritization as a Prelude to Instrument Based Downwind Odor Monitoring Protocol Development