Napa Valley prepares for future drought
Napa County’s drought-easing ideas include using highly treated wastewater for drinking, having communities with extra water help out those in need, and tapping into the planned Sites Reservoir in Colusa County. There are 22 proposals in all within the recently released Napa Valley Drought Contingency Plan. Those three rose to the top for further exploration. The plan, done for local agencies along with the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, might not help much with the current drought, should this winter be dry. Most of the ideas would take time to become reality. … One idea is to turn wastewater from the Napa Sanitation District and the city of American Canyon into drinking water. NapaSan and American Canyon already clean up wastewater to a degree that it can be used for irrigation.