Responsible for the regulation of public water supplies and all residential or small commercial private wastewater treatment facilities and for the review and approval of plans for new or replacement water lines, sanitary sewers, private wastewater treatment systems, public swimming pools, and realty subdivisions.

Regulates all phases of waste-water disposal. Investigates water pollution complaints and inspects municipal control plants.

Clearwater's "Classroom of the Waves" Program offers a 3 and 5 hour comprehensive, hands-on, learning experience including helping to raise the sails, steer the boat, throwing out and hauling in trawl nets, water testing, history, environmental topics, songs of the river and more.

Programs assure the proper construction of adequate water supply and sewage disposal facilities for all development. Through administration of state health and environmental laws, application of the department’s density standards, and coordination of reviews with other agencies, staff helps mitigate the deleterious effects of development on the environment and groundwater. If you are building or expanding your home or business, the Suffolk County Department of Health Services may require that you obtain a permit to ensure that sewage disposal systems and water supply connections are safe, satisfactory and in compliance with all healthcodes. The permit approval process helps ensure that sewage disposal systems are properly designed, maintained and operated, minimizing the possibility of disease transmission and the potential for contamination of ground and surface waters. Permit applications are reviewed for conformance to regulations and construction standards. After construction, inspections are necessary to ensure that disposal systems will operate properly throughout their design life. This process, and the standards and regulations that guide it, are in place to ensure a safe and sanitary means of disposing of wastewater in Suffolk County and that our ground and surface waters remain protected. Call for services offered.

The Water Department, or Water Utility, provides potable tap water to residential customers, businesses, and others in Essex County. Ticonderoga residents can contact the Water Department to start or stop water services, for drinking water reports, or for billing and payment information.

Protects the community from adverse health effects resulting from environmental pollution, unsanitary conditions or unsafe practices by regulation and enforcement of the following environmental health programs mandated or delegated by the New York State Department of Health, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, Nassau County Public Health Ordinance and Nassau County Legislation. Programs offered through the DEH include: Adolescent Tobacco Use Prevention Act (ATUPA); Community Sanitation; Environmental Engineering; Food Protection; Groundwater Protection; Petroleum Bulk Storage; Public Water Supply; Small Petroleum Tank Abandonments and Removals; Swimming Pools & Bathing Beaches; Summer Camps; Tattoo & Body Piercing; Temporary Residences; Toxic & Hazardous Material Storage and Zoonotic Diseases.

Administers programs, develops policies, and provides information and expertise to promote sound planning and environmental protection in the County. The division is comprised of eight units: Cartography and GIS; Regulatory Review; Research and Statistics; Environmental Planning and Aquaculture; Open Space Preservation; Water Quality Improvement; Farmland Preservation and Community Development. Call for detailed services offered.

Facilities that store petroleum products in tank systems regulated under Article XV of the Nassau County Public Health Ordinance (NCPHO) must register such tanks with the Nassau County Department of Health (NCDOH). Nassau County is committed to protecting our groundwater from petroleum contamination. The proper closure of small underground petroleum tanks, such as heating oil tanks, can reduce that threat. Call for detailed information.

Involved in many programs to prevent subsurface discharges that have the potential to threaten our groundwater resources. They include the Petroleum Bulk Storage program, Toxic and Hazardous Materials Storage Program, Sewer Connection Program and closure of On-Site Sanitary Systems, monitoring inactive hazardous waste sites and the Underground Injection Control program (UIC). Call for detailed information.

Performs and provides inspections, sampling, monitoring, troubleshooting, and technical assistance to public water supplies in the county. In addition, the division provides technical assistance to individual water supplies in the county.

Environmental Health works to ensure the safety of the public in a wide range of areas, such as rabies control, safe drinking water, sanitary food and restaurant conditions, etc.

Committed to protecting our groundwater from petroleum contamination. The proper closure of small underground petroleum tanks, such as heating oil tanks, can reduce that threat. Call for detailed information.

Provides the following services: - Inspection and sampling for community water supplies - Sewage system installation approval, for a fee - Inspection of private sewage and water system for property transfers - Soil testing - Inspection and permitting of food service establishments, children's camps, recreational camps, and mobile home parks - Investigation of complaints that indicate a potential cause of community health problems - Rabies program (see separate listing)

Assists residents whose water is unsuitable for drinking in obtaining access to public water mains through a variety of federal grants.

Responsible for monitoring and protecting the environment and ecological resources of the County, including groundwater, marine and fresh waters, wetlands, other natural resources, and permitting and inspecting bathing beaches. The Office of Ecology contains two major bureaus: Environmental Management and Marine Resources. Call for detailed program information.

Provides a wide variety of services essential to the health and well-being of all Genesee County Residents. Service areas include public water supply protection, community sanitation and food protection, private water and sewage disposal systems, realty subdivision plan review, public health nuisances, residential lead investigations, chemical emergencies, rabies investigations, and enforcement of both the Adolescent Tobacco Use and Prevention Act (ATUPA) and the NYS Clean Indoor Air Act (CIAA). The Environmental Health division also operates multiple anti-rabies immunization clinics annually to administer vaccines to domestic animals, including cats, dogs, and ferrets, in order to reduce the spread of the potentially life threatening disease.

Responsible for septic systems, inspections and permit issuance, drinking water testing, public health hazards and nuisances, clean indoor air enforcement, onsite wastewater treatment system regulation, rabies investigations and vaccinations, insect control, West Nile Virus surveillance. Rabies vaccinations: Conducts free rabies vaccination clinics for dogs, cats and domesticated ferrets in several locations across Cattaraugus County. All Cattaraugus County residents are eligible for these free vaccinations. Notices will be posted on the Cattaraugus County website, through radio, newspaper ads, fliers on community boards around the County. May also contact us to find out when and where the next clinic will be held.

Inspects local restaurants, public swimming pools, children's camps, tests drinking water, investigates animal bites and vaccinates pets.

Enforce regulations controlling 39 Community Water Supplies (CWS) and 254 Non-Community Water Supplies (NCWS) in Suffolk County. The Office of Water Resources serves the Bureau of Drinking Water; Public Water Supply; Emerging Water Issues; Private Wells; Private Water Testing Program; Bureau of Groundwater Resources; Pesticides; Brownfields; Source Water Assessment Program; Comprehensive Water Resources Management Plan; Special Investigations and Superfund/Brookhaven National Laboratory. Call for detailed information regarding all programs and services offered.

DBCH conducts inspections, monitors, and approves permits for public facilities including children's camps, food service facilities, swimming pools, sewage collection/ disposal and treatment. Investigates food borne illnesses, sewage failures, animal infestations, and animal bites. Provides technical assistance for chemical spills or other hazardous waste. Also does compliance checks on tobacco retails to enforce state and local clean air regulations.

Government and services

Involved in many programs to prevent subsurface discharges that have the potential to threaten our groundwater resources. They include the Petroleum Bulk Storage program, Toxic and Hazardous Materials Storage Program, Sewer Connection Program and closure of On-Site Sanitary Systems, monitoring inactive hazardous waste sites and the Underground Injection Control program (UIC). Nassau County has initiated a septic system replacement program for residents and small businesses -- Septic Environmental Program to Improve Cleanliness (SEPTIC). The SEPTIC program will provide grant funding to eligible recipients to replace a conventional or failing septic system with an innovative and alternative onsite wastewater treatment system. Nassau County is offering grants up to $20,000 for homeowners or small businesses to install state-of-the-art nitrogen reducing septic systems. This grant is available to residents in non-sewered areas of Nassau County. For more information or to apply, please visit www.nassaucountyny.gov/septicreplace. Call for detailed information.