Council’s Manager Development Services provides assistance and information on a wide range of health-related matters concerning:

• Food Hygiene
• Water Quality
• Noise pollution
• Environmental pollution
• Infectious diseases
• Effluent disposal systems
• Wastewater and drainage
• Asbestos removal and disposal
• Dilapidated dwellings, rubbish, and disused materials
• Health Promotion
• Housing matters and accommodation
• Building matters, including ventilation
• Pest control matters

In addition, Council’s Manager Development Services monitors and audits:

• Food Premises
• Public Buildings
• Caravan Parks and Camping Grounds
• Lodging Houses

Environmental health throughout the Shire is guided by the Health Act 1911 and it’s subsidiary legislation, the Environmental Protection Act 1986, and Health Local Laws. The following pages, Foodsafe - Noise - Infectious Diseases - Septic Tanks - Asbestos Removal, provide a brief overview of the activities undertaken by Council’s Manager Development Services.

Information brochures pertaining to all facets of Environmental Health can be accessed by visiting the Department of Health's Website:

www.health.wa.gov.au/envirohealth/azlisting/index.cfm