State/interstate solid waste planning grants : progress abstracts, January 1969 / Compiled by Daniel D. Swavely and Lee F. Hultgren.
- United States. Bureau of Solid Waste Management
- Date:
- 1969
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: State/interstate solid waste planning grants : progress abstracts, January 1969 / Compiled by Daniel D. Swavely and Lee F. Hultgren. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![WEST VIRGINIA The West Virginia State Department of Health received a three-year Solid Waste Disposal Planning Grant on June 1, 1966. Personnel. The West Virginia solid wastes planning grant activity has a staff of four full-time professional personnel. These consist of a Director, two health program representatives, and a public health educator. Solid Waste Survey. The West Virginia survey began in August 1966 when the first field-man was hired. The survey covers all cities, towns, and some unincorporated places, with the county serving as the commu- nity or unit. Utilizing Public Health Service forms, the survey was completed in May 1968. In addition to the data gathered on the Public Health Service forms, additional reporting forms were used. These reports consisted of a short narrative on each town describing the system of collection and disposal and listing the places not served; a table which described the condition of dumps and equipment used; a table showing quantities of wastes generated, with a forecast to 1980 of area needed for sanitary landfill; and tables showing such other wastes as the number and locations of junk yards and abandoned autos. The final part of this report is a county road map on which the location of physical data is shown by code. Routes of private collectors in rural areas are also shown on this map. 9]](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b32170919_0097.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
