The Environmental Division is responsible for implementing programs and providing information to help individuals live healthier lives by minimizing environmental health threats. Some efforts are targeted to the population at large, such as monitoring of public and private drinking water supplies, food safety in restaurants, fire safety in hotels and permitting of mass gatherings. Other programs target specific needs such as interventions to prevent illness from rabies, lead poisoning, failing septic systems, and sale of tobacco products to minors.

• Rabies: animal bite investigations, rabies clinics, public education

• Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE)

• Lyme Disease: mosquito and tick surveillance

• Lead Poisoning Prevention: reducing lead paint hazards in homes

• Public Health Nuisances: garbage complaints

• Chemical Exposures

• Hazardous Waste Sites

• Sanitary Landfill Groundwater & Surface Water Monitoring ; Residential Well Monitoring

• Indoor Air Issues

• Microbial Threats & Terrorism

• Radon Inquiries

• Food Service: restaurants, schools, senior nutrition sites, fairs, festivals, operator training

• Food borne illness investigations

• Fire Safety: hotels, motels, lodges, cabin colonies

• Children´s Camps: day camps, overnight camps

• Public Swimming: pools, beaches, drownings, bathing emergencies

• Campgrounds, recreational vehicle parks

• Migrant Farm worker Housing

• Mobile Home Parks

• Water monitoring at permitted facilities such as restaurants, children´s camps, and campgrounds

• Complaints against permitted facilities

• Mass Gatherings

• Clean Indoor Air Act: smoking at public facilities

• Adolescent Tobacco Enforcement: sale of tobacco to minors

• Private well tests

• Public Water: inspection, water monitoring, water operator training, water quality complaints

• Bulk water truck inspections

• Commercial and residential septic system review and approvals, workshops

• Realty Subdivisions: reviews and approvals

• Residential water and septic complaints

• Engineering Plan Review

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