Some village of Kerhonkson residents are fed up over a foul sewage odor coming nightly from a nearby camp. It's the final straw in years of issues. 

"You can't eat, you can't sit in your living room with the air conditioner because it sucks the smell,” said longtime area resident Tom Felter. "My daughter's pregnant, she had to leave the house five or six times because of the smell. It's disgusting." 

After complaints and investigations, the DEC issued a notice in July citing three issues: failure to inspect and maintain the waste water treatment system’s absorption field, failure to install a flow meter, monitor and record wastewater flow as required in the state’s discharge permit, and failure to report or notify DEC of a raw sewage overflow.

Last week Ulster County ordered the camp closed, but a state court judge in Brooklyn blocked the county. The camp has to remove sewage daily and overhaul the septic system before next year's season. But even with no smell Felter says he's skeptical of the future.

"I'm glad that they're doing something now. I'm glad that the trucks are taking it out of here and I don't have to deal with the smell," said Felter, who had contamination in his well water. "But, what [are] the long term effects of this stuff leeching into the ground?"

Another longtime resident across the street from the camp says he wants the smell, noise coming from the loudspeakers and the trash left along the road by visitors to stop. 

"I retired, I bought this house to have a peaceful retirement,” said Bob Conley. “I knew the camp was there. I don't mind there being a camp there. I mind them intruding on our lives. All we want is to be left alone and live happy."

Town of Rochester Supervisor Mike Baden knows all about the issues. He lives near the camp and also hears the complaints of area residents. 

"It's a 10-week impact, but in that 10 weeks it's a lot of impact to the community," he said.

Baden says there has been long-standing tensions between the camp and residents. Other than the parking issue, which they've addressed with ‘no parking’ signs and increased patrols from the town constables, he says the town is limited in what it can do. 

"If there was a little more acknowledgement of their existence and their impacts on the community, it might be a different story. Maybe people would be accepting of loud speaker systems occasionally,” said Baden. "But it's the constant bombardment of the impacts, and the septic system really sent it over the edge."

A representative from Camp Rav Tov spoke with Spectrum News at the campsite, but declined to go on camera. He said they are working to meet the state and county requirements, and are regularly pumping sewage from the camp as directed. They also say they will work to address neighbor concerns and make sure they're following the law.

The camp will be shutting down operations for the season on August 22, and are required to make repairs to overhaul their septic system before Ulster County will issue permits for 2019.