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That is good that at least some method has been discovered. Purification
of ground water is probably going to require wells to bring the water to
the surface, decontaminate it and re-inject it.....a process used to
limited success with other chemical contaminates. The state of CA to
this date has come up with nothing to offer communities except trucked
in water which is probably less expensive than decontamination.

Bruce A. Frank

Bryan Martin wrote:
>
> See:
> http://www.findarticles.com/cf_dls/m1200/24_155/55041139/p1/article.jhtml
>
> According to this article, microbes do exist that digest MTBE, at least in
> surface waters where oxygen is available.
>
> --
> Bryan Martin
>
> in article 3D1A274F.45095D6B@worldnet.att.net, Bruce A. Frank at
> bafrank@worldnet.att.net wrote on 6/26/02 4:38 PM:
>
> >
> > MTBE is an environmental disaster in CA. Gasoline tends to stabilize in
> > the soil and is eventually broken down by naturally occurring bacteria.
> > MTBE continues to penetrate to the water table and there is no process
> > to remove it. Over 100 small communities and towns in CA can no longer
> > use there ground water due to MTBE contamination. It is also showing up
> > in many lakes where motor boating is allowed causing shut down of
> > recreation. Oil and gasoline spills through out the world are eventually
> > broken down by bacteria that has evolved living off the natural oil
> > seeps in the ocean floor. MTBE has no natural scavenger. Dont know the
> > status at this point, but China was gearing up to produce millions of
> > gallons of MTBE a year for the world gasoline market....planning to ship
> > it by tanker.....tens of thousands of gallons per load. The ocean
> > handles the equivalent ot 5 Exxon Valdez tankers of oil a day in natural
> > seepage from the ocean floor. There is no mechanism in the ocean to
> > detoxify a spill of MTBE
> >

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