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John Fleming: “The point being that the aquifer, the water supply itself, is way up at the surface of the earth and all the activity…”

On the recordNovember 15, 2011
The point being that the aquifer, the water supply itself, is way up at the surface of the earth and all the activity where the hydrofracking fluid is, which, by the way, is 99.5 percent water and sand, is below the surface by about two miles protected by rock formation.
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John Fleming
Republican · Louisiana

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Fleming explains the safety of hydrofracking in relation to aquifers.

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