As an advocate for protecting and restoring the surface waters and groundwater in Teton County, Wyoming, POWJH drives meaningful and lasting change through science-based, forward thinking, collaborative solutions. Our work is dedicated to improving our community’s water quality, now and for future generations, through a multifaceted approach focused on community solutions, advocacy, and education.
The POWJH Septic System Pumping Cost Share Program offers an incentive to encourage Teton County, WY residents to perform regular maintenance on individual septic systems, prevent groundwater contamination, and protect our Sole Source Aquifer that provides drinking water to nearly the entire population of the region.
POWJH received a nearly $100,000 EPA Environmental Education 2-year grant in 2022 and a $26,000 matching grant from the Community Foundation of Jackson Hole. During 2023, POWJH staff used these funds to teach lessons to students about our community’s unique watershed ecology and water quality issues.
While many have raised various objections to the "glamping" geodesic domes on WY State Trust Land on Teton Village Road, POWJH has been leading the legal charge against the facility septic system that threatens human health and Fish Creek.
Fish Creek and parts of Flat Creek have been listed on Wyoming’s Impaired Waters list since 2020 for elevated E. coli bacteria. Despite this, regular monitoring of bacteria levels in these waterbodies has not occurred. POWJH launched a collaborative water quality monitoring program in Spring 2023 to provide data critical to safe recreation and informed management of each creek.
In Teton County, the Hoback area exhibits the poorest water quality with nitrate concentrations reaching levels hazardous to human health. POWJH board member Robert Frodeman is chair of the Hoback...
In September 2023, POWJH hosted our first Water Symposium Jackson Hole to catalyze the future of Jackson Hole’s water. This dynamic gathering brought together elected officials, business leaders, philanthropists, and other thought leaders who attended the invitation-only event and explored how various communities are successfully addressing their significant water quality concerns.
This free event brought the community together to raise awareness, discuss solutions, and inspire action for the water quality issues facing Teton County. It featured more than a dozen fun, interactive, science-based exhibits and activities for the whole family focused on different factors affecting water quality issues in our community.
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.
POWJH received two U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Environmental Education grants to provide free drinking water well testing resources to our community. Any Teton County, WY private well user can participate.
Teton Conservation District and Friends of Fish Creek partnered to provide Teton County, Wyoming, residents the opportunity to receive a rebate for pumping septic systems which had not been maintained in the last 5 years.