WQAB recaps SPET water-quality funding split, flags monitoring and TBD projects
After county commissioners set a SPET funding split for water-quality work, the Water Quality Advisory Board reviewed the $6.9M outline March 20, including three sewer-district allocations tied to monitoring and two county buckets still to be defined.
Teton County’s Water Quality Advisory Board (WQAB) reviewed county commissioners’ latest direction on how to split Special Purpose Excise Tax (SPET) dollars for water-quality work, including sewer projects and future monitoring/studies funding. The outline totals $6.897 million and was on WQAB’s March 20 agenda as an “overview of BCC direction.” (Water Quality Advisory Board Meeting Agenda)
Per the agenda, the Board of County Commissioners’ direction was to fund the Wilson Sewer District at $2.25 million, the Elk Refuge Sewer District at $1.25 million, and the Town of Jackson at $1.5 million — each labeled “/ Monitoring.” Trout Unlimited was listed for $80,000. (Water Quality Advisory Board Meeting Agenda)
Two remaining county-controlled buckets were shown as still open-ended: $1.5 million for “Teton County Infrastructure” (projects “TBD”) and $317,000 for “Teton County Monitoring and Studies” (projects “TBD”). WQAB also listed “Correspondence to BCC” as a discussion item, signaling a potential follow-up memo or recommended conditions tied to the commissioners’ allocations. (Water Quality Advisory Board Meeting Agenda)
Background
In June 2026, Teton County approved a resolution allocating $2.83M in Water Quality SPET funds to local water quality projects, including stormwater upgrades, sewer improvements, and data monitoring.
Latest: 2026-06-16 — Board of County Commissioners approved a resolution allocating $2,830,000 in remaining Water Quality SPET funds: $1.5M to Jackson stormwater, $1.25M to Elk Refuge Sewer District, $80K to Trout Unlimited.
curated as of 2026-06-19
In June 2026, Teton County allocated $2.83M in 2022 Water Quality SPET funds to three water quality projects, including stormwater and wastewater improvements and a monitoring dashboard.
Latest: 2026-06-16 — Teton County Commissioners adopted a resolution allocating $2,830,000 in SPET funds to three water quality projects: $1.5M to Town of Jackson (stormwater), $1.25M to Elk Refuge Sewer District (wastewater), $80K to Trout Unlimited (monitoring dashboard).
curated as of 2026-07-21
Teton County allocated $1M in SPET funds for the Elk Refuge SD North 89 Sewer project, with broader water quality improvements and a BCC meeting on July 21, 2026.
Latest: 2029-12 — Scheduled distribution of $1,000,000 SPET funds for North 89 Sewer project.
curated as of 2026-08-20
Source Documents
| Date | Title | Type |
|---|---|---|
| March 20, 2026 | Water Quality Advisory Board Meeting Agenda | agenda |