Written by an expert team of scientists, engineers, and toxicologists, MTBE: Effects on Soil and Ground-Water Resources provides complete in-depth coverage of the assessment and potential remediation strategies of methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE). In addition to a history and overview of fuel oxygenates and MTBE, the book contains the latest information on:
Physical and chemical properties

Toxicity and health effects

Taste and odor thresholds

Transport and fate in the environment

Detection and treatment in soil and groundwater

Environmental policy

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Dozens of tables and diagrams

Safety data sheets

State-by-state clean-up standards

Useful web sites

Geological principles

Subsurface investigation tools

Synthesis, properties, and environmental breakdown products

Plume geometries

Remediation strategies

Toxicity and human health risk calculations

Extensive conversion tables

MTBE: Effects on Soil and Ground-Water Resources examines and clarifies every issue in the national debate on this controversial environmental problem.