Environmental Health

About Enviromental Health Services



Samir M. Elmir, PhD, PE, DEE, CEHP is the Director of the Division of Environmental Health and Engineering of the Miami Dade County Health Department.

The Mission of the Miami-Dade County Health Department (MDCHD) is to promote and protect the health of our community through prevention and preparedness today, for a healthier tomorrow. The Division of Environmental Health and Engineering plays a major role in the fulfillment of the overall mission through its efforts to prevent injury and disease by controlling environmental risks. This role is accomplished by implementing the following regulatory programs:

Regulates selected food service facilities; migrant labor camps; group care facilities; biomedical waste generators, storage facilities, and transporters; tanning facilities; and indoor air quality including Florida Indoor Clean Air Act (FICAA); and mobile home and recreational vehicle parks. Jointly with the MDCHD/Disease Control and epidemiology coordinates surveillance and investigation of food and waterborne illnesses

Regulates the drinking water for approximately 95% of Miami-Dade County’s residents under the Florida Safe drinking Water Act (FSDWA). The division implements FDOH’s responsibilities under the State Underground Petroleum Environmental Response Act (SUPER Act), Drycleaner Solvent Surveillance Program, and the Drinking Water Toxics Program. In addition, it reviews the construction and operation of public swimming pools and monitors water quality at all public beaches. This division regulates the installation and repair of all onsite sewage treatment and disposal systems within the Miami-Dace County for both commercial and residential facilities.

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In addition, the division implements specific environmental health projects funded through various federal, state, and local grant opportunities including Sentinel Chicken and Dead Birds Collection and Public Notification Program, Rodent Control, Sanitary Nuisance including Community Education and Outreach Program, and Community –Based Environmental Health Assessment Program (PACE EH) within Miami Dade County .

Our highly skilled Certified Environmental Health and Engineering Professionals provide a wide range of services including but not limited to: compliance inspections, program specific complaint investigations including public health sanitary nuisances, environmental sampling and testing (e.g. air, water, soil, etc.), environmental health risk assessments, engineering plan review, engineering construction inspections, and permitting.

The Miami-Dade County's Division of Environmental Health and Engineering monitors major systems of community infrastructure that protect the public from disease and help maintain health. The scientific foundation of overall environmental health for the community is extensive and continued surveillance, with indicator testing, along with immediate investigation and mitigation of environmental conditions where disease transfer is possible or suspected.

PROGRAMS
  1. Drinking Water Programs
    2. -Drinking Water Systems
    -SuperAct Program
    -Public and Private Wells
  2. Food Hygiene and Group Care
    -Foster Homes
  3. Community Hygiene
    -Rodent Control
  4. Beach Monitoring
    -Public Beaches
  5. Swimming Pools and Bathing Places
  6. Septic Tanks and Sewage Systems
  7. Trailer Parks and Migrant Camps
  8. Biomedical Programs
    -Body Piercing
    -Tanning
    -Sharps and biomedical waste disposal
  9. Emergency Preparedness
  10. Arbovirus Surveillance
  11. Industrial Hygiene
    -Indoor Air
    -Smoking Complaints
    -Radon
    -Molt and Mildew

REPORTS
Annual Report

Quarterly Program Compliance Reports

Customer Satisfaction Survey Results


Our PARTNERS
Miami-Dade County Government

South Florida Water Management District

Department of Business and Professional Regulation

Department of Environmental Protection

Environmental Health Perspectives


Information about Polonium
UK Health Protection Agency
Updates
FAQ
e-mail: overseasadvice@hpa.org.uk

British National Health Servicee-mail: http://www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk/

Centers for Disease Control
Doctors questions: 404-498-1800



If you have questions about any of the programs or need information about environmental health issues, please contact one of the following Environmental Health Services offices.

Golden Glades Office
1725 NW 167th Street
Opa-Locka, FL 33056
(305) 623-3500 Phone
(305) 623-3502 Fax
(305) 324-2400 Emergency and After Hours
Office Hours: Monday-Friday, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM

South Miami Satellite Office
5798 SW 68 Street
Miami, FL 33143
(305) 284-0979 Phone
(305) 284-0987 Fax
Office Hours: Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Septic Tank Office
7769 NW 48 St.
Miami, FL 33166
(305) 513-4569 Phone
(305) 513-3472 Fax
Office Hours: Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Important Phone Numbers
Biomedical Waste Disposal, Drinking Water
Systems, Food Services, Foster Home Inspection,
Indoor Air Quality Lead Poisoning,
Public Swimming Places, and Radon Exposure
 305-623-3500
Neighborhood Improvement and Sanitary Nuisances 305-623-3574
Rodent Control 305-623-3574
 


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