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by autoexec 675 days ago
> 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...)

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.