Impact of ethanol on the natural attenuation of MTBE in a normally sulfate-reducing aquifer

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 2015-2021

  Mackay, Doug ^a   De Sieyes, Nick ^a   Einarson, Murray ^b   Feris, Kevin ^a   Pappas, Alex ^a   Wood, Isaac ^a   Jacobson, Lisa ^a   Justice, Larry ^a   Noske, Mark ^a   Wilson, John ^c   Adair, Cherri ^c   Scow, Kate ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Geomatrix Consultants   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHANOGENIC ZONE; METHYL-TERT-BUTYL ETHER (MTBE); SULFATE REDUCING AQUIFER;

AQUIFERS; CONTAMINATION; ETHANOL; ETHERS; WATER POLLUTION; XYLENE;

WATER ANALYSIS;

ALCOHOL; BENZENE; GROUND WATER; METHYL TERT BUTYL ALCOHOL; ORTHO XYLENE; SULFATE; TERT BUTYL ALCOHOL; TOLUENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AQUIFERS; CONTAMINATION; ETHANOL; ETHERS; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION; XYLENE;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; AQUIFER; BENZENE; BIODEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; ETHANOL; MTBE; NATURAL ATTENUATION; SULFATE; TOLUENE; TRANSFORMATION; XYLENE;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; REACTION TIME; SULFATE REDUCER;

BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; BENZENE; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CALIFORNIA; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; ETHANOL; FRESH WATER; KINETICS; METHYL ETHERS; TOLUENE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; XYLENES;

EID: 33947369404     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es062156q     Document Type: Article

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