Environmental Health
Promotes care for the environment in the interest of human health. Engages in consultation and provides information, advice inspections and enforcement services on water quality, sewage and solid waste disposal, food quality, institutional hygiene, special events, recreational facilities, communicable disease control and other related matters.
Boil Water Advisory Still in Effect (August 30, 2007)
Residents of the Carcross, Tagish, Marsh Lake and Lake Laberge areas or those heading out to the Southern Lakes are reminded that they should still be boiling their drinking water, or using water from other sources if their wells or underground water storage tanks have been or may be subject to surface water contamination due to flooding.
The affected residents should bring their water to a rolling boil for at least two minutes prior to using it for drinking, making infant formula, making juices, brushing teeth, washing raw foods, cooking, and making ice.
Residents should also remember to use bottled water for drinking and the other purposes if they suspect their water is contaminated by chemicals, or has an unfamiliar taste or odor.
This advisory will remain in effect until affected residents are sure that water is safe to drink.
The rising water levels on these lakes means there is the potential for disease-causing bacteria and viruses, as well as Giardia and Cryptosporidium, to enter the groundwater.
For further Information contact:
Environmental Health Services
#2 Hospital Road
Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 3H8
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Food
- Food Safety for Older Adults (PDF, 908 KB)
- Food Safety Guideline for Food Banks (PDF, 97 KB)
- Health Assessment Checklist for Restaurants (PDF, 75 KB)
- Application for a Permit to Operate a Food Premises and Definitions (PDF, 62 KB)
- Application for the Operation of a Temporary Food Premises (PDF, 72 KB)
- Guidelines for the Operation of a Temporary Food Premises (PDF, 67 KB)
Drinking Water
- Application for a Permit to Operate a Large Drinking Water Distribution System (PDF, 32 MB)
- Application for a Permit to Operate a Trucked Drinking Water Distribution System (PDF, 28 MB)
- Drinking Water Regulation (PDF, 1.6 MB)
- Bulk Delivery of Drinking Water Regulation (PDF, 100 KB)
- Arsenic in Drinking Water: Information for Well Owners (PDF, 88 KB)
- Assessment Guideline for Well Water or Groundwater Under the Direct Influence of Surface Water (GUDI) (PDF, 26 KB)
- Getting Your Drinking Water Tested: Good Advice for Private Well Owners (PDF, 99 KB)
- Guidelines for Disinfecting Your Drinking Water Well (PDF, 15 KB)
- Guidelines for Part 3: Small Public Drinking Water Systems (PDF, 78 KB)
Sewage Disposal
- Application for a Permit to Install a Septic System (PDF, 52 KB)
- Application for Permission to Retain a Sewage Disposal System (PDF, 149 KB)
- Application for a Permit to Install a Sewage Disposal System (PDF, 495 KB)
- Application for a Permit to Install a Sewage Holding Tank (PDF, 43 KB)
- Design Specifications for the Septic Tank & Soil Absorption System (PDF, 189 KB)
- Notification of Installation & Undertaking to Maintain a Septic Tank and Soil Absorption System (PDF, 151 KB)
- Notification of Installation & Undertaking to Maintain a Sewage Holding Tank (PDF, 133 KB)
- Operation and Maintenance of a Septic System (PDF, 96 KB)
- Sewage Holding Tank Standards (PDF, 54 KB)
- Septic Systems in the Yukon: A Guide to their Design & Maintenance (PDF, 309 KB)
- Septic Systems in the Yukon: Guidelines for Soils Investigation & Percolation Tests (PDF, 63 KB)
- Standards for Construction, Installation, Maintenance and Eduction of a Contained Privy (PDF, 156 KB)
- Standards for Construction, Installation and Maintenance of a Pit Privy (PDF, 113 KB)
- Standards for Transportation of Sewage (PDF, 78 KB)
Care Facilities
Other Documents
- Water Supply, Garbage & Sewage Disposal (PDF, 59 KB)