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On the recordDecember 7, 2011
It's largely, as you know, Senator, people in rural communities, with a dependence on local wells, where those wells are not monitored, they're not protected, they're vulnerable to the kinds of non-point source problems that we've been talking about.
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Jeanne Shaheen
Democratic · New Hampshire

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Shaheen highlights water safety issues in rural communities due to unmonitored wells.

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