Programs & Services
Environmental Services
The mission of Environmental Health Services is to identify, prevent and abate environmental conditions that can adversely impact human health. We do this through many different arenas.
Food Services - The goal of our Food Service program is to minimize food-borne related illnesses. We do this through:
• the regulation and routine inspections of food service establishments such as restaurants, schools, caterers and other related facilities,
• by the planning, reviewing and permitting of food service facilities, and
• the education and training of food service operators, managers and employees. |
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Land Use Services - The goal of the land use program is to minimize health problems related to untreated human sewage. We do this by
• the permitting and inspection of septic tank systems,
• the permitting and inspection of septage pumping operations,
• investigating complaints related to sewage disposal problems, and
• through subdivision and lot evaluation for issuance of permits for septic tank systems and wells. |
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Tourist Accommodations - For tourist facilities, our goal is to minimize illness and injury associated with unsanitary or hazardous conditions in motels, hotels, travel trailer parks, bed and breakfast inns, and other tourist accommodations. We do this through:
• regularly inspecting tourist accommodations in our district,
• plan review and permitting of tourist accommodations, and
• investigating complaints related to unsanitary or hazardous conditions in tourist accommodations. |
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Public Swimming Pools & Recreational Water Parks - Our work with public swimming pools and recreational water parks is an effort to minimize illness and injury associated with contaminated or hazardous conditions in or around the pools or parks. We do this by:
• inspecting public swimming pools and recreational water parks,
• reviewing plans and issuing permits for public swimming pools and recreational water parks, and
• investigating complaints related to unsanitary or unsafe conditions at public swimming pools and recreational water parks. |
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Other Services of Environmental Health - The following are also services of environmental health:
• Public health assessments and health consultation referrals.
• Childhood lead poisoning prevention referrals.
• Mosquito-borne Viral Diseases (submittal of dead birds to lab for West Nile identification)
• Evaluation of individual drinking water supply systems and collection of water samples for bacteriological assay.
• Rabies control program- provides consultations and acts as rabies control officer for each county health department. |