MTBE Remediation Handbook
Published on 6. November 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
XXXIX, 670 pages
978-1-4613-4889-4 (ISBN)
Description
The time has come for an MTBE Remediation Handbook. There are hundreds of thousands of spills of gasoline containing MTBE in the United States. More than a billion dollars are spent each year to clean up spills of gasoline and manage the risk from existing contamination. Staff of the appropriate regula tory authorities within each state must make decisions to manage these spills on a site-by-site basis. Do they require active cleanup? How much cleanup is necessary? What is the most appropriate technology? What performance should be expected from the available technology? If the state regulators pro vide good answers to these questions on a site-by-site basis, the money will be well spent. This handbook is concerned with remediation of MTBE in existing spills. There are a number of myths about MTBE that act as impediments to effec tive remediation and risk management for MTBE. These myths present MTBE as being qualitatively different from petroleum hydrocarbons. Many still think that benzene is biodegradable in ground water while MTBE is not, that risk management is appropriate for benzene and not appropriate for MTBE, and that drinking water can be treated to remove benzene but not to remove MTBE. These myths have made us reluctant to deal with existing MTBE contamination. As is documented in this MTBE Remediation Handbook, we have the technology to clean up MTBE in a rational and economic man ner.
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Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2003
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Professional/practitioner
Illustrations
XXXIX, 670 p.
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 39 mm
Weight
1066 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4613-4889-4 (9781461348894)
DOI
10.1007/978-1-4615-0021-6
Schweitzer Classification
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Ellen Moyer | Paul T. Kostecki
MTBE Remediation Handbook
E-Book
12/2012
Springer
€53.49
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Ellen Moyer | Paul T. Kostecki
MTBE Remediation Handbook
Book
05/2004
Amherst Scientific Publishers
€117.70
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Content
Section I-mtbe History, Properties, Occurrence, And Assessment.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Chemical and Physical Properties.- 3. Fate and Transport of MTBE and Other Gasoline Components.- 4. MTBE Occurrence in Surface and Ground Water.- 5. Site Assessment.- 6. Laboratory Analysis of Oxygenated Gasoline Constituents.- 7. Risk Assessment.- Section II-Applicable Remediation Technologies.- 8. Receptor Protection.- 9. Source Control.- 10. Soil Vapor Extraction, Bioventing, and Air Sparging.- 11. In Situ Chemical Oxidation.- 12. Aerobic In Situ Bioremediation.- 13. Anaerobic In Situ Bioremediation.- 14. Phytoremediation of MTBE-A Review of the State of the Technology.- 15. Ground Water Recovery and Treatment.- 16. Monitored Natural Attenuation of MTBE.- Section III-Remediation Case Studies.- 17. Remedial Costs for MTBE in Soil and Ground Water.- 18. Remediation Experiences in Finland.- 19. USEPA Case Studies Database for MTBE Remediation.- 20. Remediation of Realeases Containing MTBE at Gasoline Station Sites-ENSR International's Experience.- 21. Source Control and Point of Entry Treatment at a Massachusetts Site.- 22. Physical Treatment at a New Hampshire Site.- 23. Physical Treatment at a Massachusetts Site.- 24. Strategic Pumping to Divert an MTBE/BTEX Plume from Municipal Water Supply Wells.- 25. Ozone Microbubble Sparging at a California Site.- 26. MTBE Cleanup Technology Evaluations at the Port Hueneme NETTS.- 27. Bioremediation at a New Jersey Site Using Propane-Oxidizing Bacteria.- 28. Application of an In Situ Bioremedy Biobarrier at a Retail Gas Station.- 29. Ground Water Recovery and Bioreactor Treatment at a California Site.- 30. Natural Attenuation of Tert Butyl Alcohol at a Texas Chemical Plant.- 31. Natural Attenuation of Benzene and MTBE at FourMidwestern U.S. Sites.- APPENDICES.- Appendix A-MTBE Occurrence in Surface and Ground Water Edited by James A.M. Thomson.- MTBE and the USGS's NAWQA Program.- The NAWQA Program.- Program Status.- MTBE Data.- Patterns.- Conclusions.- Limitations.- Summary.- MTBE Occurrence in the United States.- National MTBE Survey.- Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic States.- Northeast States for Coordinated Air Use Management (NESCAUM).- Midwestern States Study.- Conclusions of the Midwestern States Study.- Additional State Studies.- Conclusions.- MTBE Occurrence in England and Wales.- Fuel Background.- Water Background.- Study Method.- Risk Assessment.- Conclusions.- Impacts.- Further Work.- Acknowledgement.- Plume Length Studies (Texas, Florida, and California).- Texas.- Florida.- California.- History of MTBE in California.- Comparison among Texas, Florida, and California.- Comparison of Plume Lengths for MTBE and BTEX at 212 South Carolina Sites.- Conclusions.- References.- Acronyms.- Appendix B-Primary Author Contact Information.- Acronyms.