About Public Health Annual Reports Dr. Jean Marie Malecki Contact Us Home Site Index BannerDr. Jean Marie MaleckiSite IndexContact UsWhat Is Public Health?HomeAnnual Report 98-99

MENU

[Home]
[About Us]
[Health Centers]
[Directory]
[Health Services]
[WIC Services]
[Environmental]
[Birth & Death
 Records
]
[Immunizations]
[Education]
[Forms]

[Publications]
[
Medical Residency
]
[Be a Volunteer]
[Press Release]
[
Contact Us]
[What's New]

Public Service Events Calendar

PBCHD TV

PBCHD

Organizational Chart
(*.pdf)

OTHER LINKS

  Links

    File A Business Complaint

Google
 

 

Contact us

Hot Topics

 People First Florida
State Jobs

 

 

Environmental Health 
& Engineering Services

 

Healthy communities start with a healthy environment !
 

    The Division of Environmental Health & Engineering is the focal point of the Palm Beach County Health Department's effort to protect you and your family from the harmful effects of toxic chemicals, wastes, disease vectors, safety hazards, natural disasters, and contaminated air, food, and water.  view our list of servicespdf opens in a new window

Environmental Health Services

“Fee schedule for the Division of Health & Engineering”.pdf opens in a new window

Permitting Section provides forms, for Water Supply and Wastewater, for Septic Tanks and Private Wells, and for Swimming Pools. (Downloadable  pdf's)

All Programs Descriptions

Air Program Services

Indoor Environmental Quality 

  • Indoor air quality assessments
  • Mold Complaints
  • Radon

Air Pollution Control

  • Inspection and permitting of air pollution sources
  • Regulation of open burning
  • Investigation of air quality complaints (dust, smoke, and odors).
  • Ambient air quality monitoring
  • Control of mobile air pollution sources

Contact your local office
Belle Glade    -  (561) 996-1633
Delray Beach -  (561) 274-3187
West Palm Beach - (561) 837-5900

Disease Prevention Services

Animal and Insect Borne Diseases Disease Prevention Services

  • St Louis encephalitis, West Nile virus, Malaria, Avian influenza, Rabies monitoring and prevention.

Food Hygiene

  • Inspection of food illness complaintsFood Hygiene
  • Inspection of institutional food services including school cafeterias, bars, lounges, and fraternal organization kitchens.

 

Contact your local office
Belle Glade    -  (561) 996-1633
Delray Beach -  (561) 274-3187
West Palm Beach - (561) 837-5900

Environmental Contaminants 

  • Childhood Lead Poisoning PreventionChildhood Lead Posoning
  • Pollution Prevention
  • Asbestos remediation.

 

 

West Palm Beach - (561) 837-5900

Regulated Facilities Services

Child Care

  • Inspection of foster homes, adult homes, adult living facilities or homes for the elderly, residential drug treatment facilities, group homes, school sanitation, migrant labor housing, and mobile home parks.

Institutional Health

  • Inspection of foster homes, adult homes, adult living facilities or homes for the elderly, residential drug treatment facilities, group homes, school sanitation, migrant labor housing, and mobile home parks.

Contact your local office
Belle Glade    -      (561) 996-1633
Delray Beach -      (561) 274-3187
West Palm Beach - (561) 837-5900

Body Piercing/indoor Tanning Facilities 

  • Inspection and licensing of indoor tanning facilities and body piercing.

West Palm Beach - (561) 837-5900

Water Services

Drinking Water

  • Inspection of water supply Water Control Servicessystems
  • Drinking water quality investigation
  • Well Sampling
  • Fire hydrant monitoring
  • Permitting for limited commercial wells.

West Palm Beach - (561) 837-5900

Private Wells

  • Private drinking water and irrigation well inspection and permitting.

Vista Center - (561) 233-5386

Pools

  • Inspection and permitting of public swimming pools, spas, and attractions.

Healthy Beaches

  • Bacteriological monitoring of public beaches.

Delray Beach - (561) 274-3187

Waste Services

Biomedical Waste

  • Biomedical Waste and sharps disposal.

West Palm Beach - (561) 837-5900

Hazardous Waste 

  • Complaints relating to illegal disposal or spills of toxic or hazardous materials.
  • Licensing for the regulation of business handling or generating hazardous wastes.
  • Right-to-know.

West Palm Beach - (561) 837-5900

Sanitary Nuisances 

  • Sanitary nuisance complaints (garbage, sewage, rodents, mosquito breeding, foul odors).

Contact your local office
Belle Glade    -  (561) 996-1633
Delray Beach -  (561) 274-3187
West Palm Beach - (561) 837-5900

Septic Tanks 

  • Plan review and permitting of new and repaired septic tanks and drain fields, additions, or modifications to homes on septic systems.

Vista Center - (561) 355-3023

  • Septic tank system installation inspection inspections
  • Septage pumper truck inspections
  • Septic complaints

West Palm Beach - (561) 837-5900

Solid Waste

  • Complaints related to illegal disposal of solid waste, landfills, and horse manure stockpiling.

West Palm Beach - (561) 837-5900

Waste Water Control 

  • Complaints of waste water spills and sewage over-flows from manholes and pump stations and nuisance odors from sewage systems.
  • Permitting and inspection of sewage collection systems and sewage treatment plants.

West Palm Beach - (561) 837-5900

Environmental Health Newsletters

 HEALTH SERVICES

Clinical Health

Environmental Health

  red diamondAir Quality

 red diamondBeach Water Sampling

  red diamondBody Piercing

  red diamondChild Care

red diamondCommunity Sanitation

red diamondDrinking Water (Public Water Supply)

red diamondEnvironmental Epidemiology and Disease Outbreaks

red diamondInstitutional Health

red diamond
Open Burning (requirements)

  red diamondPhone Numbers

red diamondPollution Prevention

red diamondPublic Waste Water

red diamondSeptic Tanks & Private Wells

 
red diamondSolid, Hazardous and Biomedical Waste Control

 
red diamondSwimming Pools

red diamondDownloadable Forms

red diamondNewsletters

Dental Health

Nutrition

Nursing

Healthy Start

School Health

Communicable Diseases

HIV / AIDS / STD / TB

WIC Services

 


| Home | About Us | Health Centers | Office Locations | Health Services | WIC Services | Environmental |
|
Birth & Death | Immunizations | Education | Statistics | Be a Volunteer
|
|
Search |Telephone Directory | Publications | Forms | Press Releases | What's New | Contact Us |
 |
Public Service Events Calendar | PBCHD TV |

Click for Health Department Publications Available Online!!

Palm Beach County Health Department  - www.pbchd.com Florida Dept. of Health (DOH) - www.doh.state.fl.us - opens a new window
        http://www.pbchd.com/                        http://www.doh.state.fl.us/

MyFlorida.com - www.myflorida.com - opens a new window  Automated Community Connection to Economic Self-Sufficiency   Welcome to the Florida Community Health Assessment Resource Tool Set (CHARTS).  It is our hope that you will find Florida CHARTS informative and easy to use. This site includes such health statistics as births, deaths, disease morbidity, population and behavioral risk factors. - opens a new window  Jobs within the State of Florida - State Job Search - opens a new window

Florida Health Stat - opens a new window   The Agency for Health Care Administration - opens a new window   Ten-year plan to end homelessness in Palm Beach County - opens a new window

http://www.floridakidcare.org/ - opens in new window The Health Care District has launched a new program called Vitahealth.  This is a low cost policy for residents of Palm Beach County who have no health insurance coverage or have lost their coverage for over 6 months.  Details are available by calling 866-930-0035 or on the web at www.vitahealth.org

The Adobe Acrobat Reader software is available for nearly any operating
system, and is a free download from Adobe's website

Visit Adobe for your copy of Acrobat Reader to view and read pdf files. - opens a new window

disclaimer If you have any general questions about this site or it's contents, please email webmaster
Copyright © 1998-2010 Palm Beach County Health Department, all rights reserved..

PBCHD P.O. Box  29 West Palm Beach, FL 33402
For general questions, information, or health-related issues,
call (561) 840-4500 or use a feedback form under Contact Us.