Health Department

• Permits for onsite subsurface disposal systems
• Permits for public or private water supply wells
• Compliance inspections of food service establishments
• Rental housing
• Daycare facilities
• School sanitation
• Blight & Environmental complaints
• Commercial pool inspection
• Communicable disease followed up, including T.B.
• Senior wellness clinic
• Mosquito control program

If you have any questions regarding these services, or any public health related issues please contact: Wesley Bell, Director of Health at:

(860) 632-3426 Phone
(860) 632-3477 Fax
Email: wbell@cromwellct.com

Radon Test Kits Available

January is Radon Awareness Month. In order to increase the public’s awareness about the adverse effects of radon in the home and about the need for testing, the Cromwell Health Department is reminding residents that free radon detection kits are available at the Health Department.

Radon is a colorless, odorless, radioactive gas found in the soil that results from the natural breakdown of uranium in the soil, rock, and water. As the radon rises to the air, it may enter dwellings. The concentrations can build to unhealthy levels indoors, especially during the cold weather when homes are sealed up and winterized. The Connecticut Department of Public Health estimates “one out of every five homes in Connecticut have high radon levels.”

Long-term exposure to high levels of radon can lead to lung cancer. The Environmental Protection Agency and the National Cancer Institute have placed the number of lung cancer deaths to radon at about 15,000-30,000 each year in the United States.

Radon in the air can be easily measured, but testing is the only way to know if there are high levels of radon in your home. Residents who live in single-family homes or apartments are encouraged to purchase a radon kit or obtain a free kit from the Cromwell Health Department and follow the simple instructions.

Free Radon detection Kits can be obtained from the Town Health Department located on the second floor of the Town Municipal Building at 41 West Street, Cromwell, CT 06416.

Mosquito Control Program

The Town has entered into a mosquito abatement program utilizing the services of Integrated Mosquito Control, LLC, “IMCO”. The abatement program uses a balance of environmentally compatible, economically feasible, and socially acceptable, cultural, biological, and chemical procedures that effectually reduces mosquito populations. Treatment strategies emphasize an aggressive use of proven methods for source reduction: site inspections, surveillance, monitoring surveys, landing counts, larviciding and the judicious use of adulticiding products. The result is a dramatic reduction in the development of adult populations without impacting non-target organisms.

If you want to report your need for mosquito spraying call 860-632-3426 and leave the street name and house number; your request will be forwarded to Integrated Mosquito Control, LLC within 48 hours. IMCO will schedule a follow up inspection and treatment as appropriate.

Septic Problems??

When you think that you are having problems with your septic system the first step is to have your septic system evaluated. Evaluation is accomplished by contacting a licensed septic system pumper and having your septic system pumped and evaluated.

Septic tanks should be pumped every three years to remove the solids from the tank and prevent the smaller particles from migrating into the leach field, which causes premature failure of the leach system.

Additives that are sold on television, on-line, or in the newspapers etc., are a waste of your money and are actually harmful to the effective functioning of your septic system.

If your system needs remediation you have numerous options:

• Repair, only the specific item that needs to be repaired or replaced, such as replacing a cracked tank.
• Replacement, replace the entire septic system.
• Request that the town review the possibility of connecting you to the town sewer system and provide you with an estimate of the cost for connecting to the town sewer system.
• Soil Air restoration is new technology which allows restoration of the infiltrative capacity of the soil by rejuvenation of the bacteria in the leach field.
• Terralift process, rejuvenates your failing system by injecting air under pressure and injecting polystyrene pellets in to the soil. This process rejuvenates the soil and allows the septic effluent to be absorbed.

Explore all of your options, because a septic remediation is expensive. If you want to discuss your specific considerations contact the Public Health Coordinator at the Town Hall.

Who to contact:

Director of Health: (860) 632-3426
Town Sewer Department: (860) 632- 3430
Geomatrix, Soil Air : (860) 663-3993
Licensed septic pumper/ Installer: Yellow pages of the phonebook

If you have any questions regarding these services, or any public health related issues please contact:

Wesley Bell, Director of Health
(860) 632-3426 Phone
(860) 632-3477 Fax
Email: wbell@cromwellct.com

Forms:

Blight Complaint Form
Temporary Food License
Food Service Establishment Application
Salon Application
Special Needs For 911
Landlord Registration Form

Useful Links:

Food Recalls
Toy Recalls