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Mtbe by James Jacobs,  Jacques Guertin,  Christy Herron β€” book cover

Mtbe

by James Jacobs, Jacques Guertin, Christy Herron
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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.

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Provides in-depth coverage of the assessment of and strategies for remediation of methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE). Overviews the history of fuel oxygenates of MTBE, and gives information on physical and chemical proprieties of MTBE, toxicity and human health effects, taste and odor thresholds, transport and fate of MTBE in the environment, detection and remediation of MTBE in soil and groundwater, and environmental policy addressing fuel oxygenates and MTBE. Jacobs is director of the California Council of Geosciences Organizations and the Groundwater Resources Association of California. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Book Details

Published
September 28, 2000
Publisher
Boca Raton, Fla. : Lewis Publishers, c2001.
Pages
264
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9781566705530

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