Inyo County California

COVID-19

Due to COVID-19, the normal COLA adjustment will not be added to the fee schedule.  The 2022 fees will remain largely the same as 2021 with a slight increase in CUPA surcharges to the State.

The Inyo County Environmental Health Department is temporarily suspending walk-in assistance to the public to help stop the spread of COVID-19.

• All questions and applications can be submitted by phone, email, or through the post office. If you need to meet in person, please make an appointment using the contact information found on the Staff page under the Environmental drop-down menu to the left.
• Payments by check or by credit card are preferred. For credit cards, please use the one-time payment option in the Environmental Health Payments link below. 
• We have resumed site inspections with staff observing social distancing and masking requirements at all times. 

Thank you for your patience.

Our mission is to prevent environmental public health hazards. We succeed by being a responsive team that prevents these hazards through environmental education and consistent enforcement, when necessary, of the facilities and programs under our jurisdiction.

Registered Environmental Health Specialists and associated staff conduct regular inspections of permitted facilities, investigate complaints, and strive to determine the causes of environmental health-related illnesses and develop strategies to prevent them. To foster this mission, our water quality laboratory conducts bacteriological and other analyses of over 2500 samples each year.

This department welcomes input from the public-both residents and our visitors alike.  We are here to help.