Napa County supervisors pass sustainability plans to trim groundwater pumping by 10%

by Aly Brown, Bay City News March 27, 2024March 27, 2024

Grape vineyards grow in Napa on Oct. 14, 2017. Agriculture uses accounted for 74 percent of groundwater pumping in Napa County, according to its latest annual water year report. The county is crafting a groundwater sustainability plan that would reduce pumping by 10 percent. (Lance Cheung/USDA via Bay City News)

The Napa County Board of Supervisors has approved work plans for implementing the county’s groundwater sustainability plan.

The work plans — prepared by water consultants Luhdorff & Scalmanini Consulting Engineers, ERA Economics and Stillwater Sciences — aim to help the county meet its goal to reduce pumping from the subbasin by 10 percent.

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