County easement sets table for Hoback Junction clean-water facility

The Teton County Planning Commission on Nov. 9 is set to review the Hoback Junction Water and Sewer District’s plan to build a new public water supply and treatment facility aimed at fixing high nitrate levels in local drinking water sources, on a county-owned parcel at 11055 S Hoback Junction South Road Planning Commission packet. The staff report says Teton County has granted an easement for the treatment facility on that property.

The county-level record shows the easement terms were spelled out earlier this year. A Board of County Commissioners packet describes a revised easement totaling 0.68 acres, plus a 10-foot temporary construction easement, and notes the county did not intend to seek compensation BCC revised easement packet. The attached agreement language calls it a perpetual, non-exclusive easement for water system infrastructure, with a reverter if installation work has not commenced within four years.

Going back to 2024, the county also tied the project to the voter-approved 2022 Water Quality specific purpose excise tax, committing up to $3 million and stating the county would provide an easement on county-owned land for key infrastructure 2024 funding staff report.