The environmental health program is responsible for monitoring conditions within the community that could present a threat to the health and safety of the public if not managed properly. Through a staff of trained professionals traveling throughout the community each day, the environmental health program has a significant role in monitoring the health status of the community. Environmental specialists are assigned responsibilities in a variety of environmental program areas ranging from water quality and wastewater treatment, to community sanitation programs such as rabies surveillance and sanitary nuisance abatement.
Staff provide services throughout the community from a centralized location in downtown Orlando.
In addition, the department maintains a rodent control program designed to provide homeowners with information regarding control of native rodent species on their property and in their neighborhood. The environmental program will be expanded in the next year to include body piercing establishments in the county as well.