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