Housing Trust asks Water Quality Advisory Board to fund wastewater for 26 Horse Creek homes
The Water Quality Advisory Board will review a Housing Trust request for wastewater money at its Horse Creek site Friday, where 2022 zoning caps deed-restricted homes at 26. The agenda gives no dollar amount, and any vote is only a recommendation.
The Jackson Hole Community Housing Trust is asking Teton County's Water Quality Advisory Board to fund "Innovative Wastewater Solutions for Horse Creek." That is the Trust's site south of Jackson, where county zoning allows up to 26 permanently deed-restricted workforce homes. The request is one of several funding requests on the board's Friday, Oct. 16 agenda. The board will discuss them and then vote on a funding recommendation. The agenda does not list a dollar amount, a treatment technology or a timeline, and it does not include a staff recommendation.
County commissioners voted unanimously on June 7, 2022 to rezone the 13.13-acre parcel at 9550 S. Henry's Road from Rural-3 to Suburban, on the condition that a recorded deed restriction cap the site at 26 units (minutes). Before the rezone, the land could hold one house and one accessory unit. Wastewater was a concern from the start. County environmental permitting engineer Ted Van Holland reviewed the Trust's engineering study and challenged its confidence. He cited the study's own warning that on-site water supply and wastewater treatment "will play a role in determining the level of development" (staff report). The record shows no earlier request from the Trust to this board.
Nothing in the agenda says how many of the 26 permitted homes this wastewater funding would make buildable.
Background
The Housing Trust sought funding for Innovative Wastewater Solutions for Horse Creek, focusing on septic system management and water quality, with implementation beginning in late 2024 but the exact funding amount is not yet public.
Latest: 2026-10-16 — The Housing Trust's funding request for Innovative Wastewater Solutions for Horse Creek appears on the Water Quality Advisory Board agenda, but the amount is not disclosed.
curated as of 2026-10-15