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“Until recently, scientists thought that groundwater would be purified of contaminants as it filtered down through the soil. Today we know better... (But) some of the more insidious ones may take as long as 20 years to appear in groundwater samples... There is good evidence that most damage is done by leaking underground storage tanks and failed septic systems.”
-Del. John Rollison
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