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Mission
Provide primary prevention through a combination of surveillance, education,
enforcement, and assessment programs designed to identify, prevent and abate the
environmental conditions that adversely impact human health.
Programs
Chemical Hazards,
Food Service,
Land Use (On-Site
Sewage), Swimming Pools,
Tourist
Accommodations,
Well
Water, Other Programs |
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Environmental Health Programs
Chemical Hazards
Protect the health and promote the quality of life of Georgians through the prevention of exposure to hazardous substances in the environment.
- Provide public health assessments and health consultations, technical assistance, community education, staff training, and referrals for district and local health departments, residents, educators, healthcare professionals, and state and federal agencies.
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Information about identifying a laboratory, what the health hazards are, and whom to contact for more information.
Food Service
Minimize food-borne related illnesses.
- Regulation and routine inspection of more than 24,500 food service establishments.
- Investigation of food-borne related complaints and illnesses.
- Education and training for food service operators and managers.
Land Use (On-Site Sewage)
Minimize health problems related to untreated human sewage.
- Regulation and inspection of more than 47,000 new on-site sewage management systems installed annually.
- Investigation and inspection of over 9,000 repairs made annually to improperly functioning on-site sewage management systems.
- Education, training, and certification for environmentalists, septic tank installers, pumpers, soil scientists, geologists, and engineers involved in installing, maintaining, and repairing on-site sewage management systems.
Swimming Pools
Minimize illnesses and injuries associated with contaminated or hazardous conditions in or around swimming pools.
- Regulation and inspection of existing swimming pools.
- Consultation and inspection of new swimming pool construction and installation.
- Education and training for swimming pool operators.
Tourist Accommodations
Minimize illnesses and injuries associated with unsanitary or hazardous conditions in Georgia's tourist accommodations.
Well Water
Minimize water-related illnesses in small water supplies.
- Provide education, training and guidance related to well installation,
protection, evaluation, chlorination, sampling and abandonment.
- Provide technical assistance and support to local partners regarding
enforcement of the Well Water Standards Act.
- Assist in waterborne disease outbreak investigations.
Other Programs
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