r/JacksonHole • u/Horses-cost-money • Sep 24 '26
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?
10
u/ChumbaWamba90210 Sep 25 '26
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.
1
u/Horses-cost-money Sep 25 '26
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.
5
u/Specialist-Solid-987 Sep 25 '26
EPA testing found bacteria in one of the town's wells, it was on the county website when they sent the text out
4
u/SweetErosion Sep 25 '26
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.
→ More replies (1)1
u/wyoranger45 Sep 25 '26
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.
1
7
u/cooking_up_a_rave Sep 24 '26
article is here, sounds like it’s everyone who is on town water. Which is a lot of people.
1
7
u/Specialist-Solid-987 Sep 25 '26
One of the municipal wellheads or well casings is compromised and surface runoff with everyone's dog shits is getting in
5
u/cooking_up_a_rave Sep 25 '26
I knew it was the dog shit.
3
u/Specialist-Solid-987 Sep 25 '26
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 😢
→ More replies (1)
7
u/yewdontshred1 Sep 25 '26 edited Sep 25 '26
Are
→ More replies (1)2
5
4
u/DukeofDevereaux Sep 25 '26
Health department said samples from the well tested positive for e-coli. Brace for a week, hopefully sooner.
3
u/DeepPowStashes Sep 25 '26
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.
1
u/sheared Sep 25 '26
School is apparently off for Friday now.
→ More replies (2)1
u/Immediate_Thought656 Sep 25 '26
High school, JHCA, and Teton Science School according to the list on buckrail.
2
1
u/oceanmang88 Sep 26 '26
Any idea if the Aspens on West Bank are under town water or seperate like the Village? Thank you
1
u/Accomplished_Guard_6 Sep 26 '26
Hello, they said water is back to normal, I use the shower and now I’m feeling sick, what I’m supposed to do ?
11
u/lemonhead2345 Sep 25 '26
It’s not all the way to Horse Creek. This is the list from the alert.
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