Welcome to the internet home of the Nebraska Environmental Health Association (NEHA), an affiliate member of the National Environmental Health Association.
NEHA is a non-profit association committed to fostering and promoting high standards for those working in the field of environmental health, and the qualification for engaging therein.
NEHA endeavors to bring about harmonious and cooperative effort for the better understanding and more efficient rendering of the duties and responsibilities of environmental health specialists. We strive for recognition as a scientific group which provides environmental health services for the general welfare of the public.
NEHA encourages reciprocal cooperation of the various branches and departments of government in activities directed toward the improvement of the public health.
NEHA encourages work toward the certification and registration of Environmental Health Specialists on a state and national basis and to professionalize their status.
NEHA consists primarily as an organization of volunteers dedicated to the environmental health profession, which includes the protection of public health and the environment. Most of our members are employed by local government agencies that regulate retail food establishments, public swimming pools, land use, septic systems, landfills, domestic and environmental wells, and much more.