(Photo by Loren Elliott/Getty Images)SpaceX ran a "full-pressure test" of a new "flame deflector" system at its Starship Super Heavy launch site in South Texas on Friday.
SpaceX hasn't disclosed how much water a system test consumes at the site, where that water will run off and what it contains.
SpaceX hasn't said why it went ahead without a permit and didn't respond to a request for comment.
Eric Roesch, an environmental engineer, has been tracking how SpaceX and other aerospace companies comply with environmental regulations in Texas via his newsletter ESGHound.
"Industrial process water is a regulated pollutant under the Clean Water Act," Roesch told CNBC in an interview.
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Loren Elliott, Elon Musk, SpaceX hasn't, Eric Roesch, Roesch
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