Environmental Health Services
COVID-19 Crisis UPDATE:
Beginning March 24, 2020 the Environmental Health Services Division will not be allowing walk-in services. Walk-in services include applying for permits, submitting plans, radon test kit pick-up, medication drop-off, FOIA requests, and property transfer form submissions. For your convenience, a drop box is available outside of the employee-only entrance located on the lower level of the building.
All office consultations are postponed until further notice, and in most cases, we will be able to assist you via email at environmental.health@macombgov.org or over the phone at 586-469-5236.
Due to this quickly evolving situation, our staff is currently being rotated while also keeping the office open, and this may delay requested services.
**If you are in need of emergency services for your onsite septic system or drinking water well, please call or email for prompt attention**
The Macomb County Health Department (MCHD) provides environmental health services designed to assure a safe and healthy environment to all county residents. Environmental Health Services educational and regulatory activities are conducted in the following areas:
Bathing Beach and Surface Water Quality
Bathing Beach Monitoring, Current Beach Conditions, Historical Beach Testing Data, Illicit Discharge Elimination Program, Surface Water Monitoring, Surface Water Testing Data
Community Health and Safety
Body Art, Insect and Rodent Control, West Nile Virus Monitoring, Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE)
Environmental Management and Risk Assessment
About the Program, Carbon Monoxide, Computer and E-Waste Recycling, Fluorescent Bulb Recycling, Household Hazardous Waste Collection, Lead Investigation, Medication Disposal, Mercury, Mold, Oil Filter Recycling, PCB, Radon, Seven Principles of A Healthy Home
Food Service Sanitation
About the Program, Advisory Committee, Education and Training, Foodborne Illness, Frequently Asked Questions, Licensing, Plan Review, Restaurant Inspections
Groundwater Protection
Arsenic and Drinking Water, Combustible Gas and Your Well, Drinking Water Wells, Nitrate in Drinking Water, Plugging Abandoned Wells, Your Water Well & Pump System
Property Transfer Regulation
About the Program, Questions & Answers, Registered Evaluators, Regulation
Public Swimming Pools
Shelter Management
About the Program, Campgrounds, Child/Adult Foster Care Facility Inspection Request
Waste Management
Sewage (Septic) Systems, Subdivision/Condominium Projects, Sewer Overflows