SpaceX repeatedly polluted waters in Texas this year, regulators found

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/08/12/spacex-repeatedly-polluted-waters-in-texas-tceq-epa-found.html

by foobarqux • 2 years ago

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spikels• 2 years ago

SpaceX Responds:

CNBC’s story on Starship’s launch operations in South Texas is factually inaccurate. ... We only use potable (drinking) water in the system’s operation. ... We send samples of the soil, air, and water around the pad to an independent, accredited laboratory after every use of the deluge system, which have consistently shown negligible traces of any contaminants. Importantly, while CNBC's story claims there are “very large exceedances of the mercury” as part of the wastewater discharged at the site, all samples to-date have in fact shown either no detectable levels of mercury whatsoever or found in very few cases levels significantly below the limit the EPA maintains for drinking water. ...

https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1823080774012481862

foobarqux2• 2 years ago

It's nonsense, for example there is no "I used pure water in the input to the process" exemption; why would there be, the output is what matters. And I believe even unprocessed potable water can be illegal to dump due to the presence of chlorine/fluorine.

rio517• 2 years ago

They say they are collecting the water, not dumping it. They say they even collect rain water that lands in the ponds in case it is contaminated.

avmich• 2 years ago

I'm curious where do they use mercury in their processes...

SpaceX repeatedly polluted waters in Texas this year, regulators found

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