Environmental Health section is housed under the Housing and Community Services Department.
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The Environmental Health Section carries out the following:
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SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT
Environmental Health is responsible for putting in place a proper and function solid waste management system. This includes designing a refuse collection schedule for the town, ensuring adherence in terms of collection and management of the refuse disposal site. Cleaning of streets at the CBD and Border Post is also done by this section. Massive awareness campaigns on waste management are organized through voluntary clean up exercises.
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WATER QUALITY CONTROL
Provision of quality portable water is key to council. Water sampling is done to monitor water quality at regular intervals. Water is sampled for chemical content, bacteriological analysis, turbidity, Ph and residual chlorine levels. At the treatment plant, jar tests are conducted at the beginning of every shift to determine the amount chlorine and aluminium sulphate required to treat water.
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PUBLIC HEALTH
The Public health act 15.09 is administered together with other statutory instruments for enforcing public health. The EHO spearheads the public health inspectorate to ensure that the food and meat industry within the town adheres to the set minimum health standards. This is meant to safeguard consumers from buying contaminated or expired goods. Prior to issuing of business trading licences, the inspectorate inspects premises for structural fitness and public health adherence then advises the licensing department accordingly. The EHO is mandated to penalize any operator or individual that fails to abide by the set guidelines.
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EPIDEMIOLOGY
The Environment Health section is also responsible the administration of health services. Plumtree Town Council has one clinic which offers varied services including, T.B DOTS programme, Voluntary HIV/AIDS testing and counseling, family planning and antenatal care. The EHO is responsible for monitoring communicable disease prevalence in the town to prevent any outbreaks. Prevention of outbreaks is done by determining thresholds for infectious diseases so as to be alert and responsive to any sudden rise of disease prevalence. Prevention of diseases is done by educating communities and council has identified formation of community health clubs as the fastest method of relating disease prevention and control with its community. T.B patients on DOTS programme are also followed up to avoid any defaulting and unaccounted for patients.
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ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
Council is responsible for the management of natural resources within its jurisdiction. These include aggregates used mainly for construction purposes. The Environmental Health section plays a role in ensuring sustainable exploitation of the natural resources without compromising the environment. Assessment of extraction sites is made and recommendations are on how best to reclaim disused sand abstraction sites.
