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Environmental Health Department Budget Highlights

The Environmental Health Department protects the environment and the health and safety of Albuquerque area citizens through regional air and groundwater monitoring, landfill characterization and remediation, offering safe disposal options for household hazardous waste, and ensuring that city-owned fueling facilities comply with environmental regulations. The Department is the health authority for the City of Albuquerque and takes a leadership role in improving the health and well being of the citizens of Albuquerque and prevents disease and disability through consumer protection programs, such as restaurant inspection, and through a county-wide program to prevent diseases transmitted by insects and rodents. The Department promotes public health by fostering partnerships with citizens, community groups and businesses. To accomplish its mission, the Department conducts activities in public information, planning, plan review, standards and regulation review and development, enforcement, inspection, surveillance, analyses, response to complaints, investigation and environmental remediation.