• Support the Water Quality SPET

    There are once-in-a-generation funding opportunities now available for upgrades to Water Infrastructure projects. These funding opportunities will require our Town/County to provide matching funds. If this doesn't happen, we could lose out on significant funding available for clean water initiatives that benefit all residents. Please support the Water Quality SPET measure on the November 2022 ballot.

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  • Rally for Clean Water

    Thank you to our community for joining us at the Rally for Clean Water! If you weren't able to make it, you can still view presentations by POWJH Executive Director Meghan Quinn, and our Keynote speaker Dr. Ric Hauer to learn more about water quality issues facing Teton County, the impacts human behaviors have on our watershed, and the solutions.

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  • Support Local Water Quality

    Your contribution enables us to continue to actively engage with local government to complete and implement a comprehensive water quality plan; 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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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

Comprehensive Water Quality Planning Initiative

Teton County Septic System Regulations

Town of Jackson Wastewater Treatment Plant Review

Sustainable Home & Lawn Care Best Practices

Upcoming Events

 

 

  • 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

Sewage is no. 1 source of identifiable fecal contamination in Fish and Flat Creeks

June 2, 2022

Kelsey Ruehling, a University of Wyoming graduate student, found that human sewage is the greatest contributor to identifiable fecal bacterial contamination in Fish and Flat creeks. She hypothesizes that septic systems near groundwater flows and aging sewer lines are to blame. “This all boils down to this really high connectivity between groundwater and surface water,” […]

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Protect Our Water JH and Wyoming Outdoor Council: ‘Fund clean water’

May 6, 2022

There are once-in-a-generation funding opportunities now available for clean water. The American Rescue Plan Act and the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act contain significant funding dedicated to water and wastewater treatment infrastructure. To obtain the funding for these priority projects, the Town and the County will need to provide matching funds. Therefore, it is critical […]

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Leemon steps down, Protect Our Water JH announces Quinn as Executive Director

March 4, 2022

After eight years at the helm, Dan Leemon resigned as Executive Director of Protect Our Water JH on February 28, 2022. Meghan Quinn was selected as the new Executive Director. 

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