MTBE Remediation Handbook

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxxix

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2. MTBE History, Properties, Occurrence, and Assessment

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Introduction

      • Ellen E. Moyer

      Pages 3-10

   3. Chemical and Physical Properties

      • Ellen E. Moyer

      Pages 11-18

   4. Fate and Transport of MTBE and Other Gasoline Components

      • John T. Wilson

      Pages 19-61

   5. MTBE Occurrence in Surface and Ground Water

      • James A. M. Thomson, James W. McKinley, Robert C. Harris, Alwyn J. Hart, Peter Hicks, David K. Ramsden

      Pages 63-72

   6. Site Assessment

      • Nancy E. Milkey

      Pages 73-92

   7. Laboratory Analysis of Oxygenated Gasoline Constituents

      • Robert J. Pirkle, Patrick W. McLoughlin

      Pages 93-119

   8. Risk Assessment

      • Pamela R. D. Williams, Patrick J. Sheehan

      Pages 121-167

3. Applicable Remediation Technologies

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 169-169

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   2. Receptor Protection

      • Jonathan Greene, Theodore R. Davis, David K. Ramsden

      Pages 171-187

   3. Source Control

      • Theodore R. Davis, Jonathan Greene, David K. Ramsden

      Pages 189-200

   4. Soil Vapor Extraction, Bioventing, and Air Sparging

      • Brian D. Symons, Jonathan Greene

      Pages 201-221

   5. In SituChemical Oxidation

      • Kara L. Kelley, Michael C. Marley, Kenneth L. Sperry

      Pages 223-241

   6. Aerobic In Situ Bioremediation

      • John T. Wilson

      Pages 243-264

   7. Anaerobic In Situ Bioremediation

      • Kevin T. Finneran, Derek R. Lovley

      Pages 265-277

   8. Phytoremediation of MTBE—A Review of the State of the Technology

      • Lee A. Newman, Charles W. Arnold

      Pages 279-287

   9. Ground Water Recovery and Treatment

      • Tie Li, Raaj U. Patel, David K. Ramsden, Jonathan Greene

      Pages 289-327

   10. Monitored Natural Attenuation of MTBE

       • Bruce E. Rittmann

       Pages 329-345

4. Remediation Case Studies

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 347-347

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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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