The Napa State Hospital, a 138-acre state-run entity with plenty of grass and trees, is taking on California’s 2021 drought by cutting down water use in line with Napa’s own water restrictions.
Joy Eldredge, the city of Napa’s deputy utilities director, said she reached out to the state hospital in late July after the Napa City Council adopted mandatory restrictions on outdoor irrigation and trucked water. Since the state hospital is a large entity that uses a lot of water, Eldredge said, she wanted to make sure they were aware of the restrictions and that they’d comply with them.
“I was pleased to see they were ahead of the game and already thinking conservation in the early part of July before we even had our requirements enforced,” Eldredge said.

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