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sanitation@lemmy.radio to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days ago

A Texas Drainage District Walked Its Ditch on a Routine Inspection. They Found a Pipe They Didn't Recognize Discharging Black Liquid From Tesla's $1 Billion Lithium Refinery

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A Texas Drainage District Walked Its Ditch on a Routine Inspection. They Found a Pipe They Didn't Recognize Discharging Black Liquid From Tesla's $1 Billion Lithium Refinery

www.autonocion.com

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The pipe belonged to Tesla. The dark liquid was wastewater from the company's nearly $1 billion lithium refinery, which began operations in December 2024 and
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    Wouldn’t it be a shame if someone accidentally crushed that pipe shut with a trackhoe.

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      pipe shut with a trackhoe

      I ran crosscountry in high school.

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        was this in Idaho?

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      Then it goes completely uncontrolled into the ground and is very hard to remove. What you want to do is to seal the pipe so the back flow happens inside the facility (assuming they didn’t completely butcher the pipe installation, which… you know… isn’t safe to assume)

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        They probably have backflow preventers

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          Nah, that would cost extra.

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          Then just build a second pipe directing it right back into their lobby.

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            That, I can get behind

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