Repair Map - Five-Year Report - November 2011

The final frame in the flash slideshow below shows a map based on Virginia Department of Health (VDH) repair permits issued between 2004 and 2012 titled, VDH Onsite System Repair Permits. The map was an appendix from the Minutes for VDH’s last Sewage Handling and Disposal Advisory Committee Meeting; May 17, 2012.

According to the map legend for the period from 2004 through 2012, -
Orange was used to indicate counties with over 338 repair permits, and
Red was used to indicate counties with repairs numbered over 687.

All the remaining slideshow frames were comprised of table data copied from Report No. 318 to the General Assembly, Five-Year Report - Long Range Plan for Onsite Sewage (November 2011). The tables provided show application and permit totals for various VDH onsite systems and services during the five years from 2007 to 2011, and labelled accordingly. On each table the row containing statistics for repair permits was marked with a yellow highlighter.

Any correlation between the map of VDH Onsite System Repair Permits with actual VENIS data and the Five-Year Report table data, as provided in the slideshow, remains to be determined.
 
Please note the following excerpt from the Five-Year Report -

DATA MANAGEMENT
HealthSpace Integrated Solutions, Ltd. manages the Virginia Environmental Information System (VENIS), which is a software system for collecting, collating and reporting data from the department’s environmental health programs. This electronic system is used by local health departments for data management in the onsite sewage and water programs as well in the restaurant, rabies, and migrant labor camp programs. VENIS employs a hierarchical approach rather than a relational approach to store and retrieve data. 

VENIS is more than simply a data collection and retrieval system, and is used to generate individual permits and letters, decreasing the need for paper files. The primary benefit of the system, however, is the improved capacity to compare and contrast a wider range of data from across the Commonwealth, leading to better and more data-driven response to customer needs and demands.

Report Document No. 318                       View PDF Version*
PUBLICATION YEAR 2011
Document Title
Five-Year Report on the Status of Onsite Sewage Handling and Disposal - November 2011 (click here)
Author
Department of Health
Enabling Authority
§ 32.1-163.2
Executive Summary
Va. Code § 32.1-163.2 requires the Board of Health (Board) to develop and revise a five-year plan for the handling and disposal of onsite sewage. The Board must report to the Governor and the General Assembly every five years on the status of the onsite sewage program in Virginia and the health department’s long-range plan. The following report details the Virginia Department of Health’s (VDH) progress and the current status of the onsite sewage program....


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