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SpaceX is building a water pipeline to Starbase — but access comes with some conditions
The newest piece of infrastructure coming to Starbase, Texas isn’t a launch mount or a booster. It’s a water pipeline, and who can hook up a tap (and on
The new line, which will stretch from Brownsville to the newly incorporated City of Starbase, will replace the truck-hauled deliveries SpaceX has used to transport potable water for its employees and on-site residents. “Under a non-standard development agreement, SpaceX will extend – at their cost – a line to a metering point within the city limits, then transport the water to Starbase,” he continued. The potable water deliveries have been constrained by a 60,000 gallons per day cap under the current hauled-water purchase agreement between BPUB and SpaceX, according to a January 2024 letter from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ).
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