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Napa presents five-year watershed sampling results; PFAS detected in one creek, treated water shows no detections

Napa City Council · March 3, 2026
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City water staff reported 41 sampling events and more than 680 samples from Hennessy and Milliken watersheds since 2020; transient detections of pesticides and plasticizers appeared at isolated sites and persistent PFOA/PFOS signals were limited to one creek system, but treated drinking water has shown no detections to date.

City water staff on Tuesday gave the council an update on a multi-agency watershed sampling and monitoring program for Hennessy and Milliken reservoirs.

Erin Kvas, water quality manager, said the program is a collaboration among the City of Napa, Napa County and the Napa County Resource Conservation District and that regular joint sampling began in 2021 after initial planning and a 2019 memorandum of understanding. "We set the sampling dates, we work with our sub-laboratories and collect approximately 10 liters of water from each location," Kvas said,…

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