Environmental Health Services - Sibley County Public Health Department

Works to protect and promote the health and safety of residents and visitors by supporting safe environmental conditions where people live, work, learn, and play. Key functions include:

- Education and outreach: Providing information, guidance, and resources related to environmental health topics such as safe food practices, water quality, lead, radon, mold, and prevention of environmental hazards.

- Healthy housing and environmental consultation: Promoting healthy living environments through education, consultation, and assistance with environmental health concerns.

- Licensing and inspection of establishments: Supporting regulation and oversight of food, beverage, pool, spa, and lodging establishments, including restaurants, special event food stands, public pools/spas, lodging facilities, manufactured home parks, and youth camps, to help ensure compliance with health and safety standards.

- Public health nuisance response: Responding to environmental health complaints and concerns involving conditions that may affect community health, such as sanitation issues, unsafe conditions, or other environmental hazards.