Occurrence of methyl tert-butyl ether and other fuel oxygenates in source water and drinking water of the United States

Handbook of Environmental Chemistry, Volume 5: Water Pollution

Volumn 5 R, Issue , 2007, Pages 57-73

  Moran, Michael ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Drinking Water; Fuel Oxygenates; MTBE; Occurrence; Source Water

Indexed keywords

EID: 84896785729     PISSN: 14336863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-72641-8_3     Document Type: Article

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