Clean water now & for future generations
Dedicated to restoring and protecting the Snake River Headwaters watershed to ensure clean water is a reality today, and a promise for a healthy future.
Our VisionThe Snake River Headwaters watershed faces a range of issues affecting its water quality. Sources of nutrient pollution throughout our valley are threatening serious damage to the life-giving resource that sustains our entire ecosystem, community, and economy.
Explore the IssuesAdvocacy. Education. Solutions.
Our community's health and wellness, and our region's recreational and economic vitality all depend on the health of the Snake River Headwaters watershed and the natural world that it supports. As this vital watershed faces increasing threats, POWJH is taking bold action to protect and restore clean water, now and for future generations.
What We Do
This is a critical time for water planning.
Protecting and restoring clean water is an urgent matter for our community. POWJH is taking direct and decisive actions among our staff, partners, community, and elected officials in defense of clean water and a healthy ecosystem.
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2021 EPA Environmental Education Grant
Wyoming State Lands: Glamping Septic Facility Litigation
Water Quality Monitoring
Hoback Junction Water & Sewer District
2023 Water Symposium Jackson Hole
Rally for Clean Water
Tap Into Science Event Series
Drinking Water Well Testing
Septic Maintenance Cost Share Program
Hoback Clean Water Initiative
Actions that matter.
The time to act is now.
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Support Protect Our Water Jackson Hole today to help us preserve and protect the Snake River watershed for future generations. Take action through volunteering, donating, putting best-practices in place, and raising awareness among community members.
Get InvolvedPOWJH Events
Drinking Water Well Testing
Date: Ongoing
Status: Current
POWJH received two U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Environmental Education grants to provide free drinking water well testing resources to our community. We now host free water quality testing events in spring and fall. Any Teton County, WY private well user can participate. Test kits are available in English and Spanish.
Tap Into Science Event Series
Date: Ongoing
Status: Current
FREE presentations by local scientists where you can relax and enjoy a pint of award-winning beer while you learn about engaging watershed science topics around Jackson Hole.
Recent Posts
List of Clean Water Act Section 404 Nationwide Permits
Section 404 of the Clean Water Act requires authorization from the Army Corps of Engineers for discharge of dredged or fill material into all waters of the U.S., including wetlands.
Protect Our Water JH hosts free well testing event
Water is life. In Teton County, all residents rely on the water draining through the Snake River Headwaters watershed to meet our cultural, commercial, and personal needs. Groundwater from the...
Teton County approves Water Quality Management Plan
On Tuesday, June 4, the Teton County Board of County Commissioners (BCC) unanimously voted to approve the Teton County Water Quality Management Plan (WQMP), a 20-year vision for the management...