Ogeechee Riverkeeper Damon Mullis is looking for something he hopes he never finds: evidence the Hyundai plant in Ellabell is polluting the river his organization is dedicated to protecting.
“I would like for it to show no impact,” he said. “I’m looking for no effect.”
Hyundai started making EVs about 18 months ago, but only last month began sending its wastewater through the newly constructed Bryan County wastewater treatment facility, which began full operations the first week of February. Prior to that, the company piped wastewater to a Savannah treatment plant. It also had to truck it to out-of-state facilities when the EV manufacturer failed to meet Savannah’s pretreatment standards…