Our public health sticker was placed at the Tampa office
of Jones Edmunds, a consulting firm based in Florida that specializes in
professional services dealing with engineering and environmental science. Commonly
overlooked by the public, their services include water and waste-water
treatment, pumping and distribution, as well as electrical and solid waste
utilities. The Jones Edmunds Company
focuses on improving the quality of life for human populations at large by
providing environmental solutions to water and waste. This company provides
solutions through the application of engineering and science. Jones Edmunds
designs water and waste-water, treatment, pumping, and distribution systems that
allow communities to have consistent and reliable waste-water treatment and
clean water sources. Often we do not think about what happens to the water
after the toilet is flushed, but to maintain the sanitation and health of a
community there must be a destination to service the water, such services
provided by the company are often taken for granted. However, the health of a community is highly impacted
by the quality of water sources and sanitation services made available by such
companies as Jones Edmunds. Clean water sources are free of harmful
microorganisms that cause illness and disease, such that is not available in
all communities. The company also
provides services for solid waste design and construction. Proper disposal of
wastes is pertinent to the health of a community to prevent the spread of
infection and disease. If such services were not available the community would
be filled with uncontainable garbage, polluting the air and environment. As
discussed in class, sanitation accounts for the majority of the increase in
life expectancy in the past 30 years. Jones Edmunds has a public health based
mission to improve quality of life by providing valuable waste and water
sanitation services to the community.
Great place to put the "This is Public Health" sticker guys! Bringing awareness to the treatment of waste water is probably overlooked by many people, as we take everyday activities that result in waste water for granted. For example in home use includes, water from sinks, shower, toilets, washing machines and dishwashers. All which produce human waste, food scraps, oils, soaps and chemicals that must be treated before releasing it back into the environment. Without this process our health as well as our environment could be negatively affected.
ReplyDeleteThis was such an interesting spot to put your sticker! Water is overlooked and people don't realize how important it is to have clean water because fortunately for Americans clean water is readily accessible. Waste water can have all sorts of contamination from pesticides, to pet waste, to soaps. Other countries that aren't as fortunate as us to have clean water, have worst health outcomes. Everyone drinks water so clean water is public health!
ReplyDeleteI really like your location choice for the "This is Public Health" sticker! It is true that services such as the ones Jones Edmunds provides go unnoticed and it is nice that this group brought attention to it. It is important to remember that sanitation is a main factor to staying in good health. The fact that this company focuses on water treatment, as well as, solid waste treatment has public health written all over it. What a good example of "This is Public Health"!
ReplyDeleteI think that this is a perfect example of public health. Without this post I, along with many other people, would not have known about this company and how it protects the public from contaminated water. Without companies like the Jones Edmunds Company we would be exposed to many water born diseases. This sticker really emphasizes the idea that public health is an invisible profession as we discussed in class.
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