The Teton District Board of Health unanimously approved an investigation into proposed regulations on public water systems.
The proposed rules would mandate publication of notices if a public water system exceeds nitrate levels of 3 milligrams per liter, which the EPA says “generally indicates contamination.” The goal is to keep water systems from approaching 10 milligrams per liter, which the EPA deems hazardous for consumption.
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...
“Booms and busts are pretty normal,” said Miller, a fisheries biologist with Game and Fish. “We’ve seen big rises and falls on rivers like the Snake. But on smaller streams...
Protect Our Water Jackson Hole (POWJH) has been dedicated to protecting and restoring Teton County’s surface and groundwater for a decade. We rely on three guiding principles to achieve our goal:...
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