The Division has its own rules and regulations known as the Niagara County Sanitary Code which we enforce along with the New York State Sanitary Code. Our authority is based in the New York State Public Health Law. The attached listing of our programs will give you a brief description of what we do as an agency. If you want to learn more, please call us at the numbers listed. Common elements to all of our programs are education, complaint response, and enforcement.
Education forms the cornerstone of all our programs.
If we can educate our customers about good public health and the proper means to accomplish good public health and the reasons behind good public health, we have done our jobs. Response to consumer concerns are a priority with enforcement actions taken where necessary. Public Sewage Disposal Monitoring of all public sewerage facilities to include plan review and approval, report review, complaints, emergency response, sampling, etc. Individual Sewage Disposal Review and approval of all sewage disposal systems for new construction and design and inspection of replacement systems or upgraded systems for existing residences Individual Water Supply Technical assistance, review and approval of new supplies, sampling, and analysis Engineering Support Engineering services for other Department programs to include swimming pools, mobile home parks, hotels and motels, bathing beaches, food service, children's camps, migrant labor camps, environmental exposure, etc. The Department has a grant from the New York State Department of Health whereby public health workers visit target neighborhoods in Niagara Falls, Lockport, and North Tonawanda.