cassie segal joins us. lets put aside the legal ramifications of all of this. what we heard from the oil industry is the water isn't contaminated and this is a bureaucratic problem. what do you say about that? >> that is absolutely incorrect. the state's top regulator has acknowledged that these underground drinking water aquifers have been contaminated. that's no surprise. but the industry and some state officials have been trying to down play the danger by confusing the migration of that contamination plume with the fact that the aquifers have been contaminated ant right now there is ongoing -- and right now, there is ongoing contamination from hundreds of wells operating all throughout the state. >> if the state law says you can't do it, why is it happening? >> well, that's an excellent question. it is completely unsafe. it is completely unacceptable and it is completely illegal. >> i mean state lawmakers state regulators have been called on the carpet by state lawmakers about this. this does sound like a bureaucratic problem in getting it fixed. i mean how