Environmental Health
We license and regulate retail food, hotels/motels, bed & breakfasts, public swimming pools, campgrounds, and body art establishments in Washington and Ozaukee County. Environmental Health Specialists are also responsible for sampling and inspecting small public drinking water systems, swimming beach monitoring, and providing radon information and test kits for residents.
Food and Recreational Safety annual license renewal notices were sent in the mail. If you did not receive your notice, call our office for payment details. Payment is due on June 30th – make checks payable to Ozaukee County.
Services
Animal Bites & Rabies
Although animal bites are not officially notifiable by state statute, they carry a risk of infection with various disease agents. Contact your healthcare provider regarding possible need for treatment. The biting animal should also be captured if it is safe to do so because of the possibility of rabies virus transmission.
Beach Water Testing
We monitor the level of E.coli in the water at local beaches at a frequency determined by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. For more information, click HERE.
Drinking Water Program
We do not sample private well water. We do recommend testing your private well yearly for potential contaminants. For a list of private well testing labs click HERE.
Public water systems are usually operated by a municipality. If you have questions about your municipal water supply, call your local city or village hall. Click HERE for public water well lookup.
Licensing & Inspection Program
We provide inspection, consultation, and licensing services for restaurants and retail food, public pools and water attractions, hotels, motels, tourist rooming houses and bed and breakfasts, tattoo & body piercing, campground and recreational/education campgrounds.
For inspection reports, click HERE.
Radon
Radon test kits are available for pick up. Please visit an office for a kit.
Short Term – $7
Long Term – $20
For more information about radon, click HERE.
If requesting a radon test kit by mail, please include $5 for postage.
Resources
Campgrounds
Radon
Radon is a radioactive gas that comes from the natural breakdown of uranium in the ground. It is a natural part of the air we breathe and is the largest source of an average person’s exposure to background radiation. While we are always exposed to very low levels of radon, breathing in high levels of radon can cause lung cancer. You can’t see or smell radon, so testing is the only way to know if you are being exposed to high levels. Test for radon in places where people spend a lot of time: homes, child care centers, schools, and workplaces.
View an interactive map of radon test results to see areas where homes and other buildings have tested high for radon.
www.lowradon.org, 1-888-LOW-RADON (1-888-569-7236)
For additional information regarding radon, call our office at 262-284-8170 or email info@washozwi.gov