Environmental Health enforces ordinances pertaining to private sewage disposal, ensuring all sewage discharge in the county is properly designed, constructed and operated. Since a 1993 agreement with the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, EH has provided inspections for local licensed landfills.

Under the agreement, EH staff investigate all complaints in the county regarding illegal landfills, illegal dumping and other solid waste violations.

During 2009, EH issued 71 solid waste haulers licenses, and conducted 1613 field investigations,

For information, call 431-2662, or contact the Environmental Health Director, Douglas Toole, dtoole@vchd.org

last updated 7/14/2010