POWJH works together with the community to protect the water resources that make Jackson Hole a desirable place to live and visit. We do this by implement programs for safe drinking water, engaging with the community test and protect their drinking water, advocating for infrastructure improvements, and fostering collaborative action amongst NGOs, elected officials, state and federal agencies, funders, and service providers.
Community Solutions
Advocacy, Community Solutions, Education & Outreach
Clean Water Guide
Date: Ongoing
Status: Current
Protect Our Water Jackson Hole - Clean Water Guide: A Handbook for Protecting and Restoring Teton County's Vital Water Resources
Community Solutions, Education & Outreach
Water Data Dashboard
Date: Ongoing
Status: Current
Teton County’s water resources offer countless benefits, from world-class recreation to drinking water for residents and visitors. This suite of tools is designed to make science-based water data information easy to access and understand.
Community Solutions, Education & Outreach, Events
Date: May 30, 2025
Protect Our Pints Yard Party
Date: May 30, 2025
Status: Completed
Join Protect Our Water Jackson Hole and Snake River Brewing for some fun in the sun at our Protect Our Pints Yard Party — a celebration of community, clean water, and good times at the Brewpub!
Community Solutions, Education & Outreach
EPA Septic Cost Share Program
Date: Closed in 2024, Waitlist Open
Status: Completed
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.
Community Solutions
Water Quality Monitoring
Date: Ongoing
Status: Current
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.
Community Solutions, Education & Outreach, Events
Drinking Water Well Testing
Date: Ongoing
Status: Current
POWJH received two consecutive 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.
Community Solutions
Septic Maintenance Cost Share Program
Date: Spring 2017 & 2018
Status: Completed
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.
Community Solutions
Hoback Clean Water Initiative
Date: 2022 - 2025
Status: Completed
POWJH launched the Hoback Clean Water Initiative in 2022 to provide Hoback residents with free, clean drinking water as a short-term solution to their water quality problems until a long-term solution unfolds through the Hoback Junction Water & Sewer District. This initiative also helped fund critical studies to get a community drinking water system in place in Hoback Junction.
Community Solutions
Teton County Comp Plan Updates
Date: 2020
Status: Completed
In 2020, POWJH spearheaded the effort to improve water quality protections in the 2012 Teton County Comprehensive Plan updates.
Community Solutions
Teton County Septic System Regulations
Date: 2020-2021
Status: Completed
In May 2021, Teton County released proposed updates to the Small Wastewater Facility (septic system) Regulations for Public Comment. POWJH took a leadership role to ensure the proposed rules protected drinking water and the environment.