A key component of public health, environmental public health focuses on preventing and controlling human diseases caused or impacted by our environment. Many aspects of our environment, both built (pools, sidewalk, and park access) and natural (water, air, soil, and food), can impact our health.
Environmental public health professionals work to prevent disease and create healthy environments that promote well-being, fostering healthy, and safe communities by ensuring the safety of what we eat, breathe, touch, and drink.
Statewide activities focus on prevention, preparedness, and education through routine monitoring, outreach, surveillance, and sampling of facilities and other environments that may contribute to injuries and the occurrence or transmission of disease.
The DOH-Bay Environmental Public Health office is open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Florida’s Water Quality
Protecting Florida Together map delivers statewide water quality information for blue-green algae and red tide (harmful algal blooms). You can sign-up to receive notifications when water quality changes in your area.
Environmental Public health spotlight
- Environmental Public Health Inspection Results
- Pay your fees and print your operating permit online
- Report a food or waterborne illness
- Report an unsafe or unsanitary condition at a restaurant, caterer, or mobile food unit
- Septic System Permit Application Procedure
- Aquatic Toxins
- Mosquito- Borne Diseases