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Effingham County
Health Department
(217) 342-9237
901 W. Virginia St.
Effingham Il. 62401
Hours: 8:00am - 4:00pm
Mon. - Fri.
Department of Environmental Health
The Department of Environmental Health (DEH) enhances quality of life by protecting public health and safeguarding environmental quality, educating the public to increase environmental awareness, and implementing and enforcing local, state, and federal environmental laws. DEH regulates the following: retail food safety; public housing; public swimming pools; small drinking water systems; mobile-home parks; onsite wastewater systems; recreational water; aboveground and underground storage tanks and cleanup oversight; and medical and hazardous materials and waste. In addition, DEH serves as the Solid Waste Local Enforcement Agency, prevents disease carried by rats and mosquitoes and helps to ensure safe workplaces for County employees.
Environmental HealthThrough Environmental Health Programs the following services are offered to the residents of Effingham County:
Food service establishment and retail food store inspections
Food borne illness investigations
New water well permitting and inspections
Abandoned well investigations
Private water supply testing, consultation and well inspections
Private sewage disposal, investigations and inspections
Nuisance complaint investigations
Solid waste coordination
Vector control
Mosquito larviciding
Temporary Food Establishments
- Boil Water Order or Interrupted Water Service
- Temporary Food Service Establishment Pre-Opening Check List
- Temporary Food Service Establishment Guidelines
- Food Service Catagories
- Food Service Aplication Cat 1
- Food Service Aplication Cat 2
- Food Service Aplication Cat 3