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Environmental Health programs are essential to public health. They work to achieve a safe and healthy environment for the community. Detecting and correcting environmental dangers is the job of your county’s environmental section in the health department. Through public education, periodic inspection, investigation of complaints, and enforcement of laws in relation to safety and sanitation, your environmental specialist makes your community safer.

Environmental Health programs are essential to public health. They work to achieve a safe and healthy environment for the community. Detecting and correcting environmental dangers is the job of your county’s environmental section in the health department. Through public education, periodic inspection, investigation of complaints, and enforcement of laws in relation to safety and sanitation, your environmental specialist makes your community safer.

Tavares Environmental Health

315 W. Main Street, Tavares 32778
Phone: 253-6130
Fax: 253-6133

Fees, Permits and Applications for Wells

Fees, Permits and Applications for Septic

Services

Food Service - Regular inspections in schools, childcare centers, hospitals, nursing homes, bars, lounges, institutional and detention facilities, and similar establishments. Food-borne illnesses are also causes of inspection.

Water Services - Water services issue construction and operating permits for Department of Health small community and commercial limited use water systems. Environmental Health has a Delegated Well Permitting program with the Saint Johns River Water Management District, to issue permits on wells less than 6 inches in diameter within Lake County district areas. The Water Services group monitors groundwater in delineated areas, performs contamination sampling (Ethylene Di-Bromide) for pesticides in old grove/agricultural areas, and inspects wells for chemical contaminations. The Water Services group records site readings on technical field equipment, turn in GPS info by electronically uploading data transferred e-mail coordinates to Tallahassee Bureau of Water Programs. Then maps are performed and provided to DEP by DOH Bureau of Watre Programs.

Public Pools - The environmental Health Public Pool program inspects commercial pools, spas, Bathing Areas and Water Attractions semiannually and promptly investigates and evaluates complaints to assure public health, welfare and saftey.

Sewage and Waste - Onsite sewage treatment and disposal systems or septic tank systems are permitted and inspected by environmental health. Inspection reduces the chance for pollution of ground water and surface water, and eliminates the potential for the spread of infectious diseases.

Sanitary Nuisances - Any nuisance that is potentialy hazardous to the public's health are investigated. These may include: overflowing septic tanks, rats and vermin, improper garbage disposal, and other conditions that may be hazardous to your health.

Tanning Salons - Tanning beds and booths are inspected to make sure timers are accurate, tanning bulbs are proper, and beds are properly sanitized.

Group Facilities -Environmental Health Group Community Facilities include inspecting the following: Adult living facilities, nursing homes, residental group homes, schools (public, private, and charter), foster homes, day care, etc.

Mobile Home and RV Parks and Recreational Camps-
Mobile Home and RV Parks and Recreational Camps are inspected for water,sewer, animal control, refuse disposal, unit spacing and density and environmental sanitation to assure public health, welfare and safety.

Migrant Labor Camps - Camps are inspected to insure sanitary living conditions and to control the potential contraction and spread of disease.


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