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About Environmental Health Services
King County’s Environmental Health Services Division focuses on identifying and sustaining environmental conditions that promote health equity and healthy people and communities. Our vision is healthy, safe, and vibrant King County communities that are free of health disparities based on race, gender or economic status.
We recognize that Racism is a Public Health Crisis, and ground our work in these values:
- Racial equity
- Supportive and creative work culture
- Community centered
- Transparency and accountability
| We're organized into four sections |
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Food and Facilities Section Our Food and Facilities Section permits and inspects food establishments (such as restaurants, food cards, grocery stores and farmers markets) and water recreation facilities (like pools and spas), monitors water quality at King County beaches, responds to foodborne illness outbreaks, and issues food workers cards. |
Community Environmental Health Section Our Community Environmental Health Section permits and inspects plumbing and gas piping, permits on-site sewage/septic systems, and responds to failing septic systems. |
Community Toxics Science and Policy Section Our Community Toxics Science and Policy Section permits and inspects solid and biomedical waste facilities and pet businesses. This section also works on the county's response to climate change, lead poisoning prevention, rodent and zoonotic disease prevention, reducing exposure to hazardous waste, providing support to homeless service providers, and land use planning. |
Operations Section Our Operations Section handles thousands of annual permit requests, provides administrative support across the division, and supports workforce development, code compliance, and continuous improvement. |
Contact Environmental Health Services (EHS)
Seattle office:
Phone: 206-263-9566
Phone hours:
Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, 8 am to 3 pm
Tuesday and Thursday, 10:30 am to 3 pm
Services
Permitting, inspections, complaints and inquiries for:
Complaints and inquiries:
Resources for:
- Hazardous chemical alternatives
- Haz Waste Help Line: 206-296-4692
- Lead and arsenic
- Indoor air quality
Mailing address:
Environmental Health Services
401 5th Ave, Suite 1100
Seattle, WA 98104
Bellevue office:
Phone: 206-477-8050
Phone hours:
Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, 8 am to 3 pm
Tuesday and Thursday, 10:30 am to 3 pm
Services
Permitting, inspections, complaints and inquiries for:
- Food safety
- Schools
- Pools
- Plumbing and gas piping
- Drinking water (private wells)
- Wastewater (on-site sewage systems)
Mailing address:
Environmental Health Services
14350 SE Eastgate Way
Bellevue, WA 98007
No in-person counter services
The Environmental Health Services Division no longer offers in-person counter services*. This applies to both our downtown Seattle (Chinook Building) and Bellevue (Eastgate Public Health Center) locations.
For other assistance, call listed under each office at the left during their open hours.
*We offer in-person food worker card classes and Certified Booth Operator classes at Chinook.