Demographics and Economics

 Monitor environmental and health status to identify and solve community environmental public health problems  Diagnose and investigate environmental public health problems and health hazards in the community  Inform, educate, and empower people about environmental public health issues  Mobilize community partnerships and actions to identify and solve environmental health problems  Develop policies and plans that support individual and community environmental public health efforts  Enforce laws and regulations that protect environmental public health and ensure safety  Link people to needed environmental public health services and assure the provision of environmental public health services when otherwise unavailable  Assure a competent environmental public health workforce  Evaluate effectiveness, accessibility, and quality of personal and population-based environmental public health services  Research for new insights and innovative solutions to environmental public health problems

 Two children under the age of eighteen  Hispanic  One parent is foreign born  Spanish is spoken at home  One parent has a high school diploma  Home value is around $100,000  Family Income is $32,000 per year

 Two to three liters per person per day = 8 to 12 liters per day = 2 to 3 gallons per day  Cost is about $1 per gallon or $2 to $3 per day just for drinking water  In addition people need: * Water for Cooking * Water for Bathing  Can we estimate a minimum of $100/month?

 This family will spend 3.5% of their gross income for drinking water

 This family will spend 4.6% of their income for drinking water

 This is the annual income for a family with one wager earner who receives $10 per hour  This family will spend 5.8% of their income for drinking water

 2010 U.S. Census  Century 21 Central Realty