Osceola County Environmental Service

 Phoslab has been providing environmental services for Osceola County since the early 1960's.

Phoslab Environmental Services' main facility is based in Lakeland, FL.  Our main location in Lakeland Florida makes Phoslab an advantageous business location in Osceola County and between Tampa and Orlando.

Osceola County Environmental Services
Osceola was created in 1887. It was named for the Indian leader Osceola, whose name means "Black Drink Cry[Asi Yaholo]."

On July 21, 1821, Florida was divided into two counties, named Escambia County to the west and St. John's County to the east. In 1824, the southern part of St. John's County became Mosquito County, with Enterprise as the county seat. When Florida became a state in 1845, Mosquito County was renamed Orange County. In 1844, Brevard County was carved out from Mosquito County. On May 12, 1887, Osceola was named a county, having been created from both Orange and Brevard Counties. Osceola County reached all the way down to Lake Okeechobee until 1917 when Okeechobee County was formed.

Since the late 20th century, Osceola County has experienced a significant influx of immigrants from Puerto Rico, and in the 2000 U.S. Census Puerto Rican was the largest self-reported ancestry group.

Phoslab provides services for the Osceola County
Osceola County is a Charter county, and an administrative subdivision of the State of Florida. Voters approved the County Charter in March 1992, and it took effect on October 1, 1992. The structure of County government under the charter does not depart dramatically from the structure of a County government outlined in the Florida Statutes.

Osceola County Government is governed by three sets of elected officials, each of which independently directs separate branches of County Government. These include: the five-member County Commission, five separate Constitutional Officers, and a number of Judicial Officers. Under State law, the County Commission is responsible for funding the budgets of all Osceola County Government, including the independently elected Constitutional Officers and Judicial Officers, as well as the Commission's own departments. Each independent officer has discretion to administer his or her own programs. The County Commission exercises oversight only over its own departments.
[edit] Geography

According to the 2000 census, the county has a total area of 1,506.35 square miles (3,901.4 km2), of which 1,321.90 square miles (3,423.7 km2) (or 87.76%) is land and 184.45 square miles (477.7 km2) (or 12.24%) is water.[6]

Phoslab provides environmental services for counties adjacent to Osceola:


Phoslab Environmental Services benefits from it's location, being that it services clients statewide. Sample transportation/arrival is always very quick and accurate, whether it's coming from east, west, north, or south Florida.


Phoslab Environmental Services was established in the 1960's to service the local phosphate industry, hence the name "Phoslab". Although Phoslab Environmental Services has evolved and is now regarded as a full-service, analytical laboratory and environmental services facility, it still provides a significant amount of services to the phosphate industry. Phoslab provides services to several companies in Osceola County and not just in Lakeland.  Phoslab Environmental Services provides analytical services to companies located in Osceola.

Phoslab's location in Lakeland makes its services ideal for Industry in Osceola County. Clients within the phosphate industry who are based in Hardee, and Manatee Counties as well.