State officials in 2021 didn’t even seem to know who actually was running the park, records show. In every quarter since January 2019, state water regulators have issued violation notices to Oliver.
to complete the necessary requirements.ĭespite resolving those issues, the park owner, between 20, “continued to sporadically violate monitoring and reporting requirements,” the state said in its recent complaint.īut since 2018, Elephant Rock has violated the maximum contaminant level for combined radium 15 times, according to the attorney general’s lawsuit. That case led to a consent decree, though it took three years for Oliver Sr. The state in 2009 brought an enforcement case to district court against Oliver’s father, also named Kim, for failing to monitor and report contaminants in the drinking water, including nitrate, disinfection byproducts, lead and copper. Water issues are nothing new for those living in Elephant Rock. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post) Years of violations The Elephant Rock Mobile Home Park in Palmer Lake is pictured on Tuesday, April 18, 2023. The case in Palmer Lake also shines a light on the more than two dozen mobile home parks across Colorado that have never registered with the state’s oversight program - leaving residents to largely fend for themselves. Democrats this session introduced legislation that would create a statewide water quality testing program at mobile home parks, following decades of resident complaints over rust-colored water and frequent outages. Their plight represents an extreme example of mobile home park neglect - an issue that has prompted Colorado lawmakers over the past five years to run numerous bills aimed at boosting protections for those living in America’s last bastion of unsubsidized affordable housing. The park owner, who lives in Peyton, did not respond to multiple requests for comment for this story.ĭespite aggressive state actions over four years, Elephant Rock’s 60 residents still don’t have clean water. “This case is without precedent,” said Ron Falco, Colorado’s Safe Drinking Water program manager. The water system is so flawed, homeowners say, that it has to be shut off weekly in order to avoid catastrophe. Meanwhile, residents say the owner has been absentee - failing to even collect rent, pick up trash or plow their streets during the winter. Oliver, though, has ignored all communications and failed to clean up the water. Digital Replica Edition Home Page Close Menu
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