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Offers advice on detecting invasive pests such as Emerald Ash Borer and on preventing their spread throughout the state.

- Certified water laboratory for individual and public water supply systems - Indoor air quality radon kits - Information on lead poisoning and mold in the home - Licensing and inspection of food, beverage and lodging establishments, including manufactured home park, recreational camping areas and special event food stand - Public Health nuisance control - Water sample collection for real estate transactions

Public Health Nuisance Complaints is a service that ensures a safe environment.

Monitors diseases and promotes a healthy community. Services include: - Adult and children vaccinations and information. Vaccinations are offered at the Horizon Public Health Office in Alexandria. - Community education resources to protect and prevent diseases from insects, common infections, lead poisoning, and viruses. - Safe drinking water testing: helps address common concerns, including: arsenic, coliform bacteria, lead, manganese, and nitrate and support treatment of contaminants in private wells. - Substance misuse prevention resources

Offers a variety of environmental health services, including: - Private well-water testing kits - Information about well construction and soil absorption in cooperation with Zoning administrative office - Administers health-related environmental complaints - Disease prevention control including food poisoning investigation, rabies information, sexually transmitted infection control, and tuberculosis control; pertussis; vaccine preventable disease investigations; biologic and chemical disease preparedness - all hazards approach - Radon testing

Provides various environmental services including: - Healthy Homes Program information, including information about food safety, pests, radon, and water safety - Household hazardous waste, electronics, and recyclables disposal ?- Organics recycling - Product room where individuals may browse shelves and take home products such as automotive products, household cleaners, paint, stain, and other items

- Certified water laboratory for individual and public water supply systems - Indoor air quality radon kits - Information on lead poisoning and mold in the home - Licensing and inspection of food, beverage and lodging establishments, including manufactured home park, recreational camping areas and special event food stand - Public Health nuisance control - Water sample collection for real estate transactions

Services to home buyers: - Down payment and closing cost assistance - Home ownership preparation - Mortgage lending and prescreening - Prepurchase property inspections Services to homeowners: - Bid review and construction management - Free home inspections and lead paint hazard risk assessments - Home improvement planning - Low interest deferred loans - Refinancing Services to the neighborhood: - Neighborhood marketing - Neighborhood planning and development - New home construction and sales - Renovated homes for sale - Resource referrals

Monitors diseases and promotes a healthy community. Services include: - Adult and children vaccinations and information. Vaccinations are offered at the Horizon Public Health Office in Alexandria. - Community education resources to protect and prevent diseases from insects, common infections, lead poisoning, and viruses. - Safe drinking water testing: helps address common concerns, including: arsenic, coliform bacteria, lead, manganese, and nitrate and support treatment of contaminants in private wells. - Substance misuse prevention resources

- Water analysis including: fluoride, iron, coliform bacteria, nitrates, lead, hardness, and sulfates - Radon tests - Food, beverage, and lodging facility inspections - Licensing establishments - Garbage houses complaints - Lead testing/inspections

- Water analysis including: fluoride, iron, coliform bacteria, nitrates, lead, hardness, and sulfates - Radon tests - Food, beverage, and lodging facility inspections - Licensing establishments - Garbage houses complaints - Lead testing/inspections

Provides well water test kits for: - Arsenic - Coliform and nitrate - Fluoride - Lead - Manganese

Responds to public health nuisance complaints and works with other county departments in resolving ordinance violations. Services include: - Provides protection of ground water. Permit and inspect new well construction, sealing of abandoned wells, and the installation of Subsurface Sewage Treatment Systems (SSTS). - Provides certified water sampling for anyone within the service area - Local Government AgBMP Loan Program helps farmers, agriculture supply business, landowners identify problems, and find solutions to water quality issues faced by rural Minnesota including Septic systems

Seeks to protect public health by regulating environmental conditions and facilities. Services include: - Cleanup of clandestine drug lab sites - Investigation of public health nuisance complaints - Licensing and inspection of food and beverage establishments - Regulation of lodging establishments, hotels, motels, and resorts - Regulation of public swimming pools - Regulation of manufactured home parks, recreational camping areas, and youth camps - Reporting of foodborne illness concerns

Provides environmental health services including: information and consultation on food safety, hazardous substances, indoor air quality, healthy home principles, water safety, and vector-borne diseases (tick, mosquito, and other pests). This department also regulates food, beverage, and lodging establishments, assisted living facilities, school cafeterias, manufactured home parks, recreational camping areas, public swimming pools, fairs, festivals, and special events. Services offered include: - Food-borne illness investigation - Radon testing - Vector-borne disease investigation - Water testing - Well construction approval

- Inspections and licensing of food, beverage and lodging facilities, swimming pools, mobile home parks, campgrounds, and youth camps - Investigation of general nuisance complaints - Resource for air, water quality, and home environment concerns

Provides evaluation, education, and promote safe environmental practices using consistent, risk-based collaborative approach to ensure health and safety. Services include: - Develop environmental health initiatives for continued public health and safety - Enforce county environmental regulations and ordinances - Inspection and enforcement of licensed establishments. Licenses food, beverage, and lodging establishments. - Provides education and information on environmental conditions that impact health - Respond to complaints, public health nuisances, and natural disasters. Organizes cleanup of public nuisance properties. Offers education and resources on public nuisance concerns.

Public Health Educators answer questions and provide information on environmental health topics such as mold, radon, and rabies. They perform inspections only for property complaints deemed public health nuisances, such as dumping garbage or exposed sewage. Radon home test kits are available for $2 as supplies last.

Assures the safety of all public water systems which includes those systems that serve a residential or transient clientele, i.e. municipal, factory, school, restaurant, etc.

Assures the safety of all public water systems which includes those systems that serve a residential or transient clientele, i.e. municipal, factory, school, restaurant, etc.

Monitors diseases and promotes a healthy community. Services include: - Adult and children vaccinations and information. Vaccinations are offered at the Horizon Public Health Office in Alexandria. - Community education resources to protect and prevent diseases from insects, common infections, lead poisoning, and viruses. - Safe drinking water testing: helps address common concerns, including: arsenic, coliform bacteria, lead, manganese, and nitrate and support treatment of contaminants in private wells. - Substance misuse prevention resources

- Reliable information about bed bugs and ways to fight them available online - Specific information for homeowners, tenants, travelers, and students

Permits for: - Building - Septic - Variances - Use Permits

Inspection services for food, lodging, and pools to ensure commercial entities are compliant with state and local health codes. Enforces state and local environmental laws and assists the state with monitoring programs. Lead and Healthy Homes: Eliminate elevated lead levels in Minneapolis for children under six and reduce indoor environmental hazards in homes and family day cares. Environmental Services: Monitor and regulate air, water, and noise pollution within the city of Minneapolis. Work with the public and businesses about energy use strategies. Develop initiatives to reduce pollution throughout the city of Minneapolis.

Monitors diseases and promotes a healthy community. Services include: - Adult and children vaccinations and information. Vaccinations are offered at the Horizon Public Health Office in Alexandria. - Community education resources to protect and prevent diseases from insects, common infections, lead poisoning, and viruses. - Safe drinking water testing: helps address common concerns, including: arsenic, coliform bacteria, lead, manganese, and nitrate and support treatment of contaminants in private wells. - Substance misuse prevention resources