Services Provided

Environmental Health

  • Community health
  • Disease outbreak investigation and control (epidemiology)
  • Inspects and issues licenses / permits for:
    • mobile home parks
    • migrant labor camps
    • food service establishments (not restaurants)
    • group care facilities
    • body piercing salons
    • tanning facilities
    • biomedical waste operating facilities
  • Investigates:
    • food and water borne diseases
    • lead poisonings
    • mosquito borne illnesses
    • sanitary nuisance complaints
  • Needle and sharps disposal (Household Used Sharps Collection Program)
  • Rabies control (report an animal / request information)
  • Septic tank permits

Environmental Engineering

  • Public drinking water
  • Limited use drinking water systems
  • Well construction permitting
  • Water toxics program / State Underground Petroleum (SUPER) Act program
  • Public swimming pools
  • Private well owners
  • Well water testing

Bartow Environmental Health & Engineering

2090 E. Clower Street
Bartow, FL 33830

Environmental Health & Engineering Phone: (863) 519-8330
Hours: 8:00 am to 5:00 pm, Monday – Friday


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