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.
Fleming explains the safety of hydrofracking in relation to aquifers.
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Oh, absolutely, no question. But then you always have to apply that to over time, some places get hit three or four times over a decade.
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