Environmental Division
The Environmental Division is responsible for implementing programs and providing information to help individuals live healthier lives by minimizing environmental health threats. Some efforts are targeted to the population at large, such as monitoring of public and private drinking water supplies, food safety in restaurants, fire safety in hotels and permitting of mass gatherings.
Other programs target specific needs such as interventions to prevent illness from rabies, lead poisoning, failing septic systems, and sale of tobacco products to minors. The Environmental Division consists of three program sections that have regulatory authority to enforce New York State health codes. The office is located at 70 Bunner St., Oswego.
Assessment Services 349-3564/Fax 349-3262
- Rabies - animal bite investigations, rabies clinics, public education. Rabies Response: 349-3564 or 341-0086 in an emergency on nights, weekends, and holidays.
- Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) & Lyme Disease and West Nile Virus - mosquito & tick surveillance
- Lead Poisoning Prevention - reducing lead paint hazards in homes
- Public Health Nuisances - garbage complaints
- Chemical Exposures
- Hazardous Waste Sites
- Indoor Air Issues
- Microbial Threats & Terrorism
- Radon Inquiries
Community Sanitation & Inspection Services 349-3557/Fax 349-3228
- Food Service - restaurants, schools, senior nutrition sites, fairs, festivals, operator training
- Food borne illness investigations
- Fire Safety - hotels, motels, lodges, cabin colonies
- Children’s Camps - day camps, overnight camps
- Public Swimming - pools, beaches, drownings, bathing emergencies
- Campgrounds, recreational vehicle parks
- Migrant Farmworker Housing
- Mobile Home Parks
- Water monitoring at permitted facilities such as restaurants, children’s camps, and campgrounds
- Complaints against permitted facilities
- Mass Gatherings
- Clean Indoor Air Act - smoking at public facilities
- Adolescent Tobacco Enforcement - sale of tobacco to minors
Water Resources & Waste Management/Engineering Services 349-3564/Fax 349-3262
- Private well tests
- Public Water - inspection, water monitoring, water operator training, water quality complaints
- Bulk water truck inspections
- Commercial and residential septic system review and approvals, workshops
- Realty Subdivisions - reviews and approvals
- Residential water and septic complaints
- Engineering Plan Review
- Groundwater management