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Protective buffer for Jackson Hole s rivers may be relaxed | Environmental

A change thatâs being pitched to Teton County regulations would allow septic systems and leach fields to be located closer to the communityâs largest flowing waters. Currently, there is a buffer on the books that prohibits putting sewage treatment infrastructure within 150 feet of Teton County rivers, including the Snake, Buffalo Fork, Gros Ventre and Hoback. While revising the countyâs small wastewater facility rules, engineer Ted Van Holland proposed eliminating the special âwatercourse protection districtâ regulation, shrinking the river buffer down to 50 feet â the standard for other natural surface waters. âWe think that this is the better way to go,â said Van Holland, who added that any effect septic system effluent is having on Jackson Holeâs largest rivers, which carry hundreds or thousands of cubic feet of water per second, is negligible.

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Nitrate rules fizzle before health board

Then the idea fell flat. âThe very simple bottom line is that the Teton County Health Department has neither the staff nor the funding to support this,â David Peterson told fellow board members Tuesday. âMy suspicion is this is not going to be an inexpensive endeavor. The working committee arrived at the consensus that itâs not the time right now, at least, to consider implementing these rules and regulations.â Peterson was one of four health board members who were a part of a subcommittee tasked with investigating the feasibility of a draft rule proposed by two professional water quality advocates: the Wyoming Outdoor Councilâs Dan Heilig and Protect Our Water Jackson Holeâs Dan Leemon.

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Water policy trickles forward in closed subcommittee

Volunteer public health officials are examining special rules intended to protect residents from nitrate pollution in drinking water, but theyâre developing those rules in closed sessions that are off limits to some interested parties. The policy proposal that the Teton District Board of Health is considering would increase surveillance and create a system to warn when nitrates climb above natural levels, which can indicate contamination of an aquifer from septic systems or other causes. Thatâs an idea proposed by Wyoming Outdoor Council senior conservation advocate and attorney Dan Heilig, who wishes the special protections werenât being discussed behind closed doors.

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Longtime landowner advocate reflects on decades of activism

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Hoback RV Park fight not a simple matter

County commissioners are being asked to help with an ongoing crisis at the Hoback RV Park, where property owners are trying to right some wrongs with the siteâs failing septic system and in doing so are displacing several longtime locals. The water quality problem and the housing dilemma came to a head Monday morning at the Teton County Board of County Commissioners meeting. âI am at the end of my rope,â Hoback RV resident Mary Talisman said during public comment. âIf I cannot make this work I will have to move out of Jackson.â Four of Talismanâs neighbors also provided their thoughts, saying the latest proposed solution by property managers to have everyone install individual septic systems on each RV isnât going to work for them.

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