308 Jefferson Street                      
Whiteville, NC 28472   

P.O.Box 810 
Whiteville, NC  28472                 

910 640 6617  Voice
910 640 3859  FAX

Environmental Health section is responsible for ensuring the following programs comply with regulations established by the North Carolina Department of Environment, Health and Natural Resources:

A.  Food Lodging and Institutions:

1. Sanitary inspections and plan reviews of restaurants, lodging establishments, food and drink stands, meat markets, schools and school cafeterias, local confinement facilities, child day care facilities, and residential care facilities
2. Sanitary inspections of tattoo parlor institutions

B.   Water Supplies:

1. Inspection of newly constructed private water supplies. Provides recommendations to meet North Carolina Division of Health Services construction codes
2. Collection of water samples from private water supplies for bacteriological chemical analysis

C.  Sewage Disposal:

1. Inspection of all newly installed subsurface sewage disposal systems
2. Supervision of maintenance and repairs to existing systems
3. Each lot evaluated for on-site sewage disposal prior to issuance of improvement permit

D.  Complaint Investigations
E.  Solid Waste Storage, Transportation and Disposal
F.  Insect and Rodent Control
G.  Swimming Pool Inspections
H.  Childhood Lead Exposure and Abatement Program
I.  Mosquito Control

1. Spray during appropriate months
2. Testing of sentinel flocks
3. Landing counts for number of mosquitoes in area