It's completely irrelevant: You need to file a permit where you demonstrate that; because not-contaminating water is essential not only for drinking but also all our food sources its integrity doesn't work on a "trust me bro" system.
But given that he has already illegally released toxins for years (at Fremont paint factory), doesn't really give the impression he cares about complying with regulations, presumably didn't do the work necessary for the permitting process, and has a general disregard for process/safety/etc it would be pretty surprising if there weren't illegal levels of substance discharge.
> Kenneth Teague, a coastal ecologist based outside of Austin, evaluated the 483-page SpaceX permit application. Teague, who has more than three decades of water quality and coastal planning experience, told CNBC the application was full of holes, missing basic details about water discharge volumes, the temperature of the effluent and outfall locations.
> Teague said he's especially concerned about the concentration of mercury in the wastewater from the SpaceX water deluge system. The levels disclosed in the document represent "very large exceedances of the mercury water quality criteria," Teague said. (source: https://www.cnbc.com/2024/08/12/spacex-repeatedly-polluted-w...)
I'm not going to read it all though. Until I hear otherwise from someone qualified who isn't paid by SpaceX I'll just trust the guy with the 30+ years of water quality and coastal planning experience when he says the documented levels are too high and that a lot important data is missing.
mlindner|1 year ago
https://www.tceq.texas.gov/downloads/permitting/wastewater/t...
formlessentity|1 year ago
More than 22x the limit.
Natural gas has significant levels of mercury in it apparently, so it’d make sense to see levels like this.
My other question is how is the environmental report so screwed up? It looks like it’s mostly typos
foobarqux|1 year ago
But given that he has already illegally released toxins for years (at Fremont paint factory), doesn't really give the impression he cares about complying with regulations, presumably didn't do the work necessary for the permitting process, and has a general disregard for process/safety/etc it would be pretty surprising if there weren't illegal levels of substance discharge.
autoexec|1 year ago
> Teague said he's especially concerned about the concentration of mercury in the wastewater from the SpaceX water deluge system. The levels disclosed in the document represent "very large exceedances of the mercury water quality criteria," Teague said. (source: https://www.cnbc.com/2024/08/12/spacex-repeatedly-polluted-w...)
If you'd like, you can read through the 483 page permit application here: https://www.tceq.texas.gov/downloads/permitting/wastewater/t...
I'm not going to read it all though. Until I hear otherwise from someone qualified who isn't paid by SpaceX I'll just trust the guy with the 30+ years of water quality and coastal planning experience when he says the documented levels are too high and that a lot important data is missing.