In Teton County, the Hoback area exhibits the poorest water quality with nitrate concentrations reaching and exceeding levels hazardous to human health.
POWJH board member Robert Frodeman is chair of the Hoback Junction Water & Sewer District, formed under his leadership in March 2023. POWJH, with a supporting grant from the Community Foundation of Jackson Hole, provided $25,000 for the Water & Sewer District formation and engineering studies.
The District received an engineering report from a Level II study that details options and cost estimates for creating a municipal drinking water system for Hoback residents. The District has already begun raising the estimated $5 million in funds needed to build this system. Teton County Board of Commissioners has approved $3 million in county funding from Water Quality SPET funds and support for necessary easements. Construction of the municipal drinking water system is scheduled to begin in 2025, with a completion date of 2026.
The District will then turn to its next task of creating a wastewater system to eliminate the use of septic systems in the Hoback area.
