• Reviews all septic system installation permits, including assisting septic system designers with soil analysis.
  
• Inspects all new septic system installations.
  
• Works to protect surface water and groundwater in Rice County.
  
• Collects well samples from private water supplies for analysis.
  
• Investigates Public Health Nuisance complaints.
  
• Educates public on indoor air quality issues.

For questions or concerns relating to Environmental Health, please contact:  Marilee DeGroot, Rice County Environmental Health Administrator, at (507) 332-6170 or by email

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    Hot Topics:              

• Burning Garbage is Harmful to our Health & the Environment

• Septic Low Income ITPH Fix-Up Grant

• Homeowner Septic Education Workshops

• Septic Upgrade Voluntary Incentive Program
  • Guidelines for Program
  • Application for Rebate Program

• Septic Revolving Loan Program Information & Application

Homeowners:                          

• Pamphlet on Selling or Buying a Home with a Septic System
• Disposal of Old Medications

Contractors:                           

• List of Area Septic Contractors

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Environmental Health Documents and Forms

External Links

• Geologic Atlas
• How to Use the Web Soil Survey
• MN Chapter 7080- State Septic Rules
• MN DNR
• MN Pollution Control Agency (MPCA)
• MPCA Septic System Homeowner Information
• MPCA Subsurface Soil Treatment System (SSTS) Rules, Laws, Statutes & Regulations
• National Environmental Services Center
• Procedure for Determining Plastic Limit of Soils
• Radon
• Soil Survey
• University of MN Individual Sewage Treatment Systems

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