Mtbe

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

Get rapid access to the precise data you need with:

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.