Rep. Mike Thompson Announces More Than $80,000 in Funding for Yountville Recycled Water Project

Congressman Mike Thompson (D-CA) today announced that the Town of Yountville has been awarded $80,700 in federal funding to help develop new opportunities for wastewater reclamation and reuse. This funding, which is allocated through the U.S. Department of the Interior's WaterSMART Program, is instrumental to helping communities like Yountville achieve a sustainable strategy to meet local water needs.

“I am pleased that the Town of Yountville has received federal funding to help improve water conservation and encourage increasingly responsible water use in our community,” said Rep. Thompson. “Yountville is a proven leader in water recycling, and this funding will only further help the Town achieve its goals of minimizing discharges and the use of groundwater.”

"I'd like to thank Congressman Thompson for his continued support of the Town of Yountville's innovative recycled water project,” said Yountville Mayor John Dunbar. “Yountville has made our recycled water program a priority and this funding will allow us to evaluate the best ways we can expand our service to agricultural users and reduce discharge into the Napa River. This grant also helps us meet our state water quality requirements, while protecting our critical groundwater aquifers. Without this kind of support, a small community like ours finds it extremely difficult to afford such a commitment."

Specifically, the Town of Yountville will use the WaterSMART Program funds to help assess the feasibility of expanding its current recycled water distribution system to serve recycled water to urban and agricultural uses. The project could include additional distribution pipeline, seasonal storage ponds, and pumping and control facilities. The study will also assess the feasibility of decreasing discharges to the Napa River, which flows through the Napa-Sonoma March and Mare Island Strait to San Pablo Bay and San Francisco Bay.