Monterrey, NL. no level of production Tesla represents a risk for the consumption of water in the municipality of García, nor for the entire treated water system of the Metropolitan area of Monterreysince they would have a consumption of 3 cubic meters of treated residual water (ART) per vehicle, being one of the assemblers with the lowest consumption of ART, said Horacio Martínez, director at the Institute for Environmental Protection (IPA), of Caintra Nuevo Leon.
“Tesla is one of the automakers that uses the least treated wastewater per vehicle. In the 2021 Sustainability Report, it is estimated that the Berlin plant used 3 cubic meters per vehiclefor a production that reached 250,000 cars per week”, he explained.
On the other hand, other brands of electric cars have a consumption that oscillates between 4 and almost 5 cubic meters per vehicle.
He stated that in a scenario in which 500,000 vehicles are manufactured at the Santa Catarina gigaplant, it would be equivalent to 1.5 million cubic meters per year of treated wastewater (ART), that is, 47.6 liters per second, which would represent 27.2% of consumption against the capacity in García.
Garcia’s consumption has a capacity of 175 liters per second, of which 50 liters are already committed, and there are still 125 liters of treated water left over.
Horacio Martínez, considered that one of the advantages of the arrival of Tesla is that it will put more attention to the issue of treated wastewater projects.
The industry, said the executive, uses 66% of the available treated water, however, there are already projects to further increase its use.
Servicios de Agua y Drenaje de Monterrey, has the capacity to treat 16 cubic meters per second of wastewater in the state of Nuevo León. Currently, up to 11.7 cubic meters per second are treated that arrive through the collectors to the treatment plants.
“There are commitments to deliver treated residual water for 7.2 cubic meters per second, with users of the lower basin of Tamaulipas for the exchange of drinking water from the El Cuchillo dam, and with agricultural users of the state,” he explained.
The remaining 4.4 cubic meters per second after fulfilling the commitments, go to industry. Today, the industry uses up to 2.9 cubic meters per second in its processes, explained Horacio Martínez.
