08 Jun Newsom praises court ruling dismissing environmental groups’ challenge of Sites Reservoir
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California’s plan to build the state’s first new major reservoir in decades is advancing after a court rejected a challenge by environmental groups.
In the ruling last week, a Yolo County Superior Court judge sided against environmental advocates who had argued Sites Reservoir would harm the Sacramento River’s ecosystem and threaten imperiled fish species.
Gov. Gavin Newsom praised the decision, saying the project has cleared a major hurdle.
“California needs more water storage, and we have no time to waste — projects like the Sites Reservoir will capture rain and snow runoff to supply millions of homes with clean drinking water,” Newsom said in a news release Tuesday.