Environmental Health
Applications can be submitted via email, and payments can be made over the phone. Anyone wishing to submit an application and payment in-person can do so at Public Health’s Community Wellness Center, 908 Seventh St. in Eureka. Please confirm the payment amount prior to arrival by calling 707-445-6215.
Our Role
The Humboldt County Division of Environmental Health plays a critical role in disease prevention. Safe drinking water, pollution, proper sewage disposal, foodborne illness outbreaks, childhood lead poisoning, hazardous materials spills and solid /hazardous waste management can present challenges to our communities.
Goal
The goal of Environmental Health is to protect the health, safety and well-being of the public, and to preserve and improve the quality of the environment.
Environmental Health Programs
- Consumer Protection Program
- Retail Food Facilities
- Restaurant Inspections are not available through this website, but can be viewed at the local Environmental Health Office, or at regulated facilities.
- Organized Camps Program
- Public Swimming and Spa Pools Program
- Recreational Water and Drinking Water Programs
- Tattoo Business Registration
- Retail Food Facilities
- Hazardous Materials Unit
- Certified Unified Program Agency (CUPA)
- Land Use Program
- Sewage Disposal Systems
- Wells and Water Systems
- Solid Waste Local Enforcement Agency Program
- Inspection of Solid Waste Operations and Facilities
- Vector Control Program
- Rabies Control
- West Nile Virus
- Rodents and Insect Control
- More about Environmental Health Programs
Brief History
Early in the 20th century, infections associated with overcrowding, poor housing and contaminated water resulted in transmission of tuberculosis, diphtheria, typhoid fever, and dysentery.
Improvements in housing, public water supplies - including chlorination and filtration, and waste-disposal systems have resulted in great progress in disease control. While the impact of these diseases has been reduced, the need for prevention remains as strong as ever.
Contact Us
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Environmental Health
Ph: 1-707-445-6215
Ph: 1-800-963-9241
Fx: 1-707-441-5699100 H St.
Suite 100
Eureka, CA 95501Hours
Monday - Friday
8:30 a.m. - Noon
1-5 p.m.Citizen Portal
- California Conference of Environmental Health Directors
- California Department of Fish and Wildlife
- California Department of Food and Agriculture
- California Department of Public Health
- California Department of Toxic Substances Control
- California Division of Drinking Water and Environmental Management - Information about Blue-Green Algae (Cyanobacteria) Blooms
- California Environmental Protection Agency
- CalRecycle
- California West Nile Virus Website
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention