My husband and I live full-time in East Jackson. I like to fish, scuba dive, raft wild and scenic rivers, and enjoy a hike and lunch by clear mountain lakes and streams where I can view the wildlife.
Without clean water, everything we love in this wonderful place is at risk. The disaster in Hoback, the E. coli in Fish and Flat creeks, the algae blooms in standing water throughout the valley, and the clear data that show our aquifer is being polluted by wastewater from the thousands of septic tanks in the valley makes the work of POWJH urgent and relevant.
The seeming lack of community awareness of these degradations in our water quality makes this one of the most critical issues our community is facing. POWJH is doing crucial work for the benefit of this community and our environment.
With my Board colleagues, POWJH staff, and the support of this community we can repair and preserve this precious resource. I hope that protecting and restoring the quality of drinking water from our aquifer and improving effluent discharged to our streams and wild rivers becomes the Number 1 priority for this community.