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>> The permit requires monitoring at the outfall point...

The permit is a license to pollute, but go on:

>> ...and the company has pointed out that ditch samples can pick up contaminants from sources that have nothing to do with Tesla’s wastewater.

Downstream, others are picking up contaminants from a source that has nothing to do with them.

> As the article itself says, that is a legitimate argument.

OK, lovely, glad that's settled.

NEXT!