Occurrence of MTBE and VOCS in Drinking Water Sources of the United States

Download or read book Occurrence of MTBE and VOCS in Drinking Water Sources of the United States written by B. Koch and published by IWA Publishing (International Water Assoc). This book was released on 2005-06-01 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The goal of this project was to review available literature and collect, in two stages, new data on methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE) in drinking water sources from community water systems (CWSs) in the United States. The two stage collection of new data was designed to provide representative information on teh frequency of detection, concentration, temporal variability, and distribution of MTBE and other gasoline oxygenates, MTBE degradation products, and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in untreated groundwater and surface water sources of drinking water.