County health department intervenes after sewage, water issues at Mountain View mobile-home park

Broome County Health Department officials alerted Town of Fenton staff after several mobile homes at Mountain View Mobile Home Park on Route 369 were without water and "sewage was seeping out onto their lawns," Code Enforcement Officer John Broughton told the board on March 25.

Broughton said the park has new owners and property-maintenance personnel who initially did not answer town calls; after Broughton left a message, one park owner called back and Cook Brothers Septic Services pumped out systems and addressed the water interruption. With roughly 70 mobile homes in the park, BCHD officials told the town they will contact the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation because a State Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (SPDES) permit is likely out of date and there may be a plugged leach field.

Town staff emphasized the town cannot inspect individual mobile homes without the homeowner's consent and that the town can cite the park owner—not individual residents—for unfit occupancy. Broughton said he had not received further updates in the week after the initial response.

Why it matters: overflowing sewage and lack of potable water present public-health and environmental hazards for residents. State and county agencies may need to act to address permit compliance and leach-field integrity.

Next steps: BCHD will engage NYSDEC on SPDES and leach-field concerns; town staff will continue to monitor and can pursue enforcement actions against the park owner if conditions meet legal criteria.