• Issue onsite wastewater treatment permits (septic system permits)
• Issue private well water construction permits
• Inspect septic system sites and well sites
• Administer State of Iowa Grants-to-Counties funds
  • Water testing
  • Well and cistern plugging
  • Well rehabilitation
• Work with the local Board of Health on environmental health topics
• Educate the public on environmental health topics

Our mission is to promote public health, safety, comfort, order, and the general welfare by conserving and protecting the natural and man-made environment, by  providing minimum standards to safeguards to protect public health, property, and public welfare by regulating and controlling the design, construction, quality of materials, use and maintenance of all topics of public health.