Hamilton County Public Health’s Environmental Health Services Department includes the divisions of Environmental Health, Plumbing, Waste Management and Water Quality. Staff in these divisions work with contractors and residents to conduct inspections, issue permits and licenses, and provide education about a variety of topics that impact Hamilton County’s health and environment.

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• Clean Kitchen Award
  Food service operators demonstrating excellence in food safety and sanitation
• Dog Bites/Rabies
  Environmental Health staff receive and track information concerning biting mammals
• Food Safety
  Follow these safety tips to ensure the food you prepare is safe to eat
• Heating
  When temperatures plunge, heating your home can become more difficult and your risk of hypothermia and frost bite increase.
• Housing and Nuisance Program
  Staff work with homeowners and renters to ensure that their homes and neighbor's homes are maintained up to sanitary code
• Sanitary Sewer Overflows
  Know the health effects associated with Sanitary Sewer Overflows (SSOs)
• Stormwater Hotline
  Storm water pollution affects the health of Hamilton County waterways
• Swimming Pools
  Licensing, inspection and education helps ensure the safety of Hamilton County swimmers
• Tattoos & Piercings
  Know the risks before getting a tattoo or piercing
• West Nile Virus Surveillance
  Learn how to protect yourself from mosquitoes that may carry the West Nile virus
• Water Quality
  Septic systems, private water systems, stream monitoring, storm water pollution...
• Plumbing
  Commercial, residential, backflow, water heater & sump pump information; how to abandon a septic system; and contractor registration information
• Food Service Inspections
  Hamilton County Public Health licenses and inspects more than 3,000 food service operators
• Waste Management
  Landfills, tire storage, open dumping, lead, tattoo and piercing establishments...