Fuel oxygenates Volume 5

Contents Novel Analytical Methods for the Determination of Fuel Oxygenates inWater M.A. Jochmann·T.C.Schmidt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Occurrence and Fate ofMTBE in the Aquatic Environment Over the Last Decade M.Rosell ·S.Lacorte·D.Barceló . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Occurrence ofMethyl tert-Butyl Ether and Other Fuel Oxygenates in SourceWater and DrinkingWater of the United States M.Moran . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Biodegradability of Oxygenates byMicroflora fromMTBE-Contaminated Sites: NewMolecular Tools A. Babé · D. Labbé · F. Monot · C.W. Greer · F. Fayolle-Guichard . . . . . 75 Compound-Specific Isotope Analysis (CSIA) to Characterise Degradation Pathways and to Quantify In-Situ Degradation of Fuel Oxygenates and Other Fuel-Derived Contaminants M.Rosell ·M.M.Häggblom·H.-H.Richnow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 Spreading ofMTBE and Chlorinated Hydrocarbons in Groundwater: Comparison of Groundwater Transport and Plume Dimensions H.D.Stupp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 Enhanced Natural Attenuation of MTBE M.Schirmer ·M.Martienssen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 XIV Contents Bioremediation of groundwater contaminated with MTBE/TBA L.Debor ·L.Bastiaens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 Adsorption and Abiotic Degradation ofMethyl tert-Butyl Ether (MTBE) C.Oehm·C.Stefan·P.Werner ·A.Fischer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191 Microbial Degradation ofMTBE in Reactors C.K.Waul ·E.Arvin· J.E.Schmidt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213 Remediation Technologies and Costs for CleaningMTBE Contaminated Groundwater H.D.Stupp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249 Removal ofMTBE and Other Fuel Oxygenates During DrinkingWater Treatment C.Baus ·H.-J.Brauch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275 Toxicological Review ofMethyl- and Ethyl-tertiary-Butyl Ethers D.McGregor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331 MTBE: WHO Guidelines and Taste and Odour Issues for DrinkingWater J.Fawell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401 Subject Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409