Two of the main goals of public health are to promote wellness and prevent disease. In an effort to promote wellness in EHHD communities, the health district has made available various programs, initiatives, and resources that seek to improve access to health in as many of the dimensions of wellness as possible. Our health promotion programs are offered through community partnerships, grant support and organizational contracts.
Permits & Applications
Food Service
Eastern Highlands Health District, in cooperation with the State Department of Consumer Protection, is responsible for ensuring that on-site water wells are installed and maintained in a sanitary manner. Well permits are needed for new wells, deepening existing wells, hydrofracting, geothermal wells, well abandonment etc. A licensed well driller will submit the permit to EHHD, with the appropriate fee.
Plan Review – Water treatment wastewater
Soil Testing
Private Well Drilling Permit
Septic Systems
Eastern Highlands Health District, in cooperation with the State Department of Consumer Protection, is responsible for ensuring that on-site water wells are installed and maintained in a sanitary manner. Well permits are needed for new wells, deepening existing wells, hydrofracting, geothermal wells, well abandonment etc. A licensed well driller will submit the permit to EHHD, with the appropriate fee.
Plan Review – Water treatment wastewater
Soil Testing
Private Well Drilling Permit
Wells & Water Quality
Eastern Highlands Health District, in cooperation with the State Department of Consumer Protection, is responsible for ensuring that on-site water wells are installed and maintained in a sanitary manner. Well permits are needed for new wells, deepening existing wells, hydrofracting, geothermal wells, well abandonment etc. A licensed well driller will submit the permit to EHHD, with the appropriate fee.
Plan Review – Water treatment wastewater
Soil Testing
Private Well Drilling Permit
The Eastern Highlands Health District is one of 20 local Health Districts in the State of Connecticut. Established on June 6, 1997, it serves the towns of Andover, Ashford, Bolton, Chaplin, Columbia, Coventry, Mansfield, Scotland, Tolland and Willington, covering just over 208 square miles with a total district population of roughly 80,000.
Our Vision
Promoting healthy people, healthy communities… healthier future.
We provide professional, people focused and community driven services, dedicated to enhancing the quality of life in our communities by preventing illness, promoting wellness, and protecting our environment.
Equitable, Integrity, Knowledgeable, Professional, Resourceful, Respect, Responsive.
The specific services provided by the District include septic system inspection and approval; well and water quality monitoring; food protection; lead investigations; radon prevention; public bathing area monitoring; and public health complaint investigations. The District also has a communicable disease control program for disease surveillance and outbreak investigation, and an expanding public health education and training program. Other public health functions conducted by the district include data collection, analysis, and health planning activities.