24 points

Garbage article somehow didn’t include data on the water they’re dumping

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14 points

“treated” it’s right there in the headline!

Seriously, tho…
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37628900
Has some discussion on it.
Chances are, it’s the water from the pad protection (rain birds, noise dampening, the fix for the concrete being obliterated etc). Contaminants will be removed, it will be filtered etc…

The concern is around it being freshwater, and it upsetting the freshwater/saltwater balance in the area

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Just mine the area for lithium for a while, then you can offset the extra brackishness with your fresh water

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Treated water is typically water that is nearly good enough to drink. Ya it is a garbage piece.

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The test for that should be really, really simple. You fill up a gallon jug with the proposed treated water, hand it to the CEO of the company, and they chug it, in front of the judge/court.

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8 points

Another great reminder why internet commentators would never make good policy changes

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5 points

It not treated for human consumption. That would be brain dead and take a great deal more energy which is bad for the environment. It just typically far cleaner than the water it is behind drained into. But ya you likely could drink it just fine.

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4 points

As long as they treat it right

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