• The time to speak up is now

    Teton County has released the draft Small Wastewater Facility (septic system) Regulations for public comment. Unfortunately, many of the septic systems in the county are improperly managed and do not provide the level of treatment necessary to adequately protect public health and the environment. Our water resources deserve the best protection!

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    YOUR CONTRIBUTION WILL ENABLE US TO: Continue to actively engage with local government to complete and implement a comprehensive water quality plan; Be active participants in the process to update Teton County's septic system regulations; Monitor new development to ensure water quality is a primary consideration; Continue to educate the community about our water quality issues through outreach programs.

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  • The State of Protect Our Water JH

    Learn about the important work POWJH did in 2020 to advocate for local water quality protection, from comprehensive water quality planning to septic regulation.

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OUR MISSION

To serve as a powerful advocate for protecting and restoring the surface waters and groundwater in Teton County, Wyoming.
 

The time is now to Protect our Water, Jackson Hole!

Nutrient pollution is one of America’s most widespread, costly, and challenging environmental problems, and it's also becoming prevalent in Jackson Hole. It's caused by excess nitrogen and phosphorus entering our waterways from a wide range of human activities. Too much nitrogen and phosphorus in the water causes a myriad of negative impacts affecting human health, the environment, and our economy.

Sources & Effects of Nutrient Pollution

Projects

Teton County Comprehensive Water Quality Planning

Teton County Septic System Regulations

Town of Jackson Wastewater Treatment Plant Review

Sustainable Home & Lawn Care Best Practices

  • To have something happening here that is changing the character of the stream just doesn't seem right in a community like Jackson Hole.

    - Bob Peters, Long-time Resident

Recent Water Quality News

Researchers look for clues as toxic blooms plague Wyo waters

September 14, 2021

Toxic blooms form for a variety of reasons, including warm weather and stagnant water. While they’re most often associated with lower-elevation reservoirs and places where nutrient runoff from agriculture, fertilizers, urban areas, wastewater treatment plants…or septic systems is high, they don’t exclusively form in areas with direct runoff. For reasons researchers are still trying to […]

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How do I know if a Public Water System has safe drinking water?

September 9, 2021

JACKSON, Wyo. (Part 2 in a series of articles) — Last time we talked about how Source Water Assessments (SWAs) can help protect Teton County’s Public Water Systems (PWSs). SWAs are studies or reports that generate information about potential contaminant sources and the potential for drinking water systems to be impacted by these sources. Although […]

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UW Student Tracking E. Coli Sources in ‘Impaired’ Teton County Waterways

August 27, 2021

The research comes after signs were posted around Fish and Flat creeks earlier this summer advising swimmers and other recreators of the dangers of elevated E. coli levels in local, beloved streams. “E. coli in wildlife is something we can’t control,” said Dan Leemon of Protect Our Water JH. “I hope the community will talk […]

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