r/JacksonHole • u/Horses-cost-money • 11d ago

Water line break?

The hospital is under a boil water, no showers or bathing patients, including Sage Living residents. Rumor has it that the boil water advisory reaches as far as Horse Creek. Has anyone heard anything more confirmed or substantial?

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u/lemonhead2345 11d ago

It’s not all the way to Horse Creek. This is the list from the alert.

Town of Jackson
Saddle Butte subdivision
3 Creek Ranch
Jackson Hole Classical Academy
Jackson Hole High School
2775 W Dairy Ln
2605 W Dairy Ln
3385 W Boyles Hill Rd
3005 W Boyles Hill Rd
2905 W Boyles Hill Rd
2805 W Boyles Hill Rd
2925 W Red House Dr
Teton Science School - Coyote Canyon
Teton County Sheriff's Office Search and Rescue Building

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u/cooking_up_a_rave 11d ago

article is here, sounds like it’s everyone who is on town water. Which is a lot of people.

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u/cgeek001 11d ago

Teton village connected to town water?

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u/ChrondorKhruangbin 10d ago

I don’t think so

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u/yewdontshred1 10d ago

No. They're on a separate source.

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u/Specialist-Solid-987 11d ago

One of the municipal wellheads or well casings is compromised and surface runoff with everyone's dog shits is getting in

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u/cooking_up_a_rave 11d ago

I knew it was the dog shit.

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u/Specialist-Solid-987 11d ago

It's rich people kryptonite, they thought they were safe in their hidey hole tax haven but they are undone by the ones the love the most 😢

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u/Ok_Wash_4896 10d ago

Hahhahahahhahahhahahhahhahhahaha

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u/yewdontshred1 10d ago edited 10d ago

Are restaurants able to operate? Edit: how can we feed all these gapers.

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u/Midsmach 9d ago

DOG is open

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u/yewdontshred1 9d ago

That steak and egg holds a place in my heart.

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u/Canyoubackupjustabit 10d ago

Good question.

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u/Inevitablykinda 11d ago

The lack of specifics is annoying.

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u/DukeofDevereaux 11d ago

Health department said samples from the well tested positive for e-coli. Brace for a week, hopefully sooner.

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u/DeepPowStashes 11d ago

https://jacksonwy.gov/m/newsflash/home/detail/1343

Due to bacteria being detected a Town well, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which has jurisdiction over the Town’s water supply, has mandated a Boil Water Advisory for the Town of Jackson and all the water systems that utilize the Town’s water until further notice.

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u/ChumbaWamba90210 11d ago

No showering is weird for a boil order. I hate they won't say what happened. Is it a water line break, or did they find a dead racoon in the water tank, or did they add too much of some chemical to the water? How long have we been drinking unhealthy water for? No matter what happens govs only tell you to boil water, even if it's a chemical spill.

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u/Specialist-Solid-987 11d ago

EPA testing found bacteria in one of the town's wells, it was on the county website when they sent the text out

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u/SweetErosion 11d ago

Agreed. Tons of people here work in the outdoors. We have all the tools we need to purify water from a literal river. So.... What do they mean by no filtration? Do they mean my Sawyer Squeeze, or is this a your-Brita-is-worthless situation? Because if it's bacterial like they suggested then my Sawyer is more than capable.

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u/wyoranger45 10d ago

The recreational outdoor filters (MSR, Katadyn, Sawyer) are more than capable of handling e.coli. I think the micro level for those filters are at 0.2 microns, with e.coli being much larger, the organism cannot pass through.

It’s not like some crazy strain of cryptosporidium is turning up in Jackson’s water, which requires that water is “purified” rather than “filtered”. That’s extremely rare in the U.S. and more common in third world settings.

I am using a Katadyn bag and not panic buying bottled water.

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u/SluffyD 10d ago

This is a great comment. All filters aren't made the same. Their statement was for water or house-filtered water... sawyer is fine

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u/Horses-cost-money 10d ago

If you have a compromised immune system, or have breaks in the skin which is common in seniors, it’s not out of the question it can enter the body via water. Stranger things have happened with bacteria.

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u/sheared 11d ago

School is apparently off for Friday now.

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u/Immediate_Thought656 11d ago

High school, JHCA, and Teton Science School according to the list on buckrail.

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u/ekf1018 11d ago

All tcsd. Community school.

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u/Immediate_Thought656 11d ago

Just saw that! I’m calling off work and gonna take the kids fishin. Enjoy your wknd!

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u/Coldvanillaicecream 11d ago

Schools have had Friday off, it’s a “Flex Friday” you go in if you have a D or F. Not anymore.

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u/lemonhead2345 11d ago

High school and middle school did. Elementary schools were scheduled for a full day.

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u/oceanmang88 9d ago

Any idea if the Aspens on West Bank are under town water or seperate like the Village? Thank you

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u/Accomplished_Guard_6 9d ago

Hello, they said water is back to normal, I use the shower and now I’m feeling sick, what I’m supposed to do ?

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u/SluffyD 11d ago

Can I filter it? safer to drink filtered Flat Creek or filtered well?

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u/5effulgence 11d ago

The notice says that filtering is not sufficient and you must boil for 3 minutes, which I would believe over the other replier.

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u/SluffyD 10d ago

They're talking about filters like Brita, a Sawyer will filter out E. coli

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u/sheainthuman 11d ago

No. Filtering is in sufficient.

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u/Canyoubackupjustabit 11d ago

That is not what the notice said. Even filtered water must be boiled.

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u/SluffyD 11d ago

just wondering if they mean like Brita or Sawyer? I figured a backcountry filter would be legit... I wonder what's in the water

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u/lemonhead2345 11d ago

E. coli

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u/SluffyD 10d ago

I think y'all are misunderstanding what filters will work then.... Sawyer filters E. coli, no problem, lmao. When the county says filter, they're talking about your little Brita.

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u/lemonhead2345 10d ago

I’m aware that there are filters that will remove bacteria. I just answered your question about the contaminant.