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The Department of Environmental Health (DEH) enhances San Diegans quality of life by protecting public health and safeguarding environmental quality, educating the public to increase environmental awareness, and implementing and enforcing local, State, and federal environmental laws. DEH regulates the following: retail food safety; public housing; public swimming pools; small drinking water systems; mobile-home parks; onsite wastewater systems; recreational water; underground storage tanks and cleanup oversight; and medical and hazardous materials and waste. In addition, DEH serves as the solid waste Local Enforcement Agency, prevents disease carried by rats and mosquitoes, and helps to ensure safe workplaces for County employees.