Nothing murky about Yountville's water report
Yountville says its drinking water has passed the test.
The Napa Valley town reported that the drinking water supplied to water customers "meets or exceeds state and federal public health standards for drinking water quality and safety," according to a June 11 news release.
The town is required by law to keep such information flowing and to inform customers about the quality of their drinking water, explained the statement. The results, from testing and monitoring programs in 2025, are crystal-clear.
Yountville's main source of water is the Rector Reservoir, which is located almost 4 miles east of town. The reservoir is owned and operated by the California Department of Veterans Affairs, which operates the nearby Veterans Home of California. Throughout the year, the department goes straight to the source, collecting the required water samples for testing.
The town doesn't just go with the flow. Staff takes water samples from the distribution system to test for "coliform and general physical properties," as required by the California State Water Resources Control Board's Division of Drinking Water.
Yountville isn't watering down the message. Samples are also checked four times a year for disinfection by-products, including haloacetic acids and trihalomethanes, trace elements left in water after chlorination. Lead and copper samples are taken every three years, said the release.
"Our residents and businesses can take for granted that the water coming out of the tap will be good because the Veterans Home and Town staff do the hard work every day to make it so," said Mayor Margie Mohler. "Our community can feel confident that its water is clean, reliable, and rigorously monitored. Yountville cares deeply about the well-being of our residents and businesses, and our water system reflects that commitment."
In other words: Drink up, Yountville. Worries about what comes from the tap can be considered water under the bridge.
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This story was originally published June 14, 2026 at 7:11 AM.