Environmental Health

Body Art Facilities

DuPage County Health Department’s body art program is responsible for inspecting over 50 body art facilities and temporary events offering piercings, tattooing, and microblading.

Child and Adult Care Facilities

The purpose of the care facilities program is to assure safe and sanitary conditions for care facilities such as daycares and group homes.

Children's Environmental Health

Community Environmental Health

Find resources and information about bed bugs, mice and rats, and other community health threats.

Drug Disposal

Nationally, regionally and locally, there has been growing concern about what we all do with the medicines that are left over in our cabinets.

Environmental Health Records

The DuPage County Health Department maintains copies of some records.

Environmental Water Lab

About 20,000 homes and 200 businesses within DuPage County are served by water wells.

Fees

Find details on fees due for Environmental Health programs.

Food Safety

DuPage County Health Department’s food program is responsible for permitting and regulating over 4,000 food service facilities operating in the County. Our goal in food safety is eliminating the risk factors that can cause foodborne illness through community education, industry cooperation, and responsible regulation.

Inspection Reports

Look up inspection reports for food facilities and swimming facilities.

Make a Payment

Pay an existing invoice.

Opening or Remodeling a Food Service

Access self-guided trainings that will take you through the process of opening a food service facility in DuPage County by building a new facility, reopening a closed facility, or changing ownership of an existing food service facility.

Permit Applications and Forms

View permit applications and forms from the Environmental Health Division.

Report A Concern

Visit our online complaint form and submit a concern.

Sewage

The goal of DuPage County Health Department’s private sewage disposal system program is to protect public health through the elimination of disease hazards and nuisances resulting from improperly disposed and/or treated wastewater.

Swimming Facilities

DuPage County Health Department’s pool program is responsible for permitting and regulating over 700 indoor and outdoor pools, spas, and water parks operating in DuPage County. To ensure public health and safety at these facilities, all public pools and spas are inspected each year.

Vector Control

The goal of DuPage County’s Vector Control program is to protect the community from disease vectors, such as mosquitoes and ticks, through public education and awareness as well as through surveillance and control activities.

Water

The goal of DuPage County Health Department’s water program is to protect water resources from contamination and protect public health from exposure to hazards.