Garbage article somehow didn’t include data on the water they’re dumping
“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
Treated water is typically water that is nearly good enough to drink. Ya it is a garbage piece.
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.
As long as they treat it right