Title: Gasoline ether oxygenate occurrence in Europe, and a review of their fate and transport characteristics in the environment 
Resource Type: document --> technical publication --> report 
Country: International organisation- network or project 
Year: 2012 
Availability: Prepared for the Special Task Force on Groundwater (WQ/STF-33) Report no. 4/12 
Author 1/Producer: CONCAWE 
Other Authors/Producers: D. Stupp (DSC) M. Gass (DSC) H. Leiteritz (DSC) C. Pijls (TAUW BV) S. Thornton (University of Sheffield, UK) J. Smith (CONCAWE) M. Dunk (CONCAWE) T. Grosjean (CONCAWE) K. den Haan (CONCAWE) 
Author / Producer Type: Professional / trade / industry associations, institutes or networks 
ISBN: 9782875670052 
Report / download web link (=direct link): http://www.concawe.org/DocShareNoFrame/docs/1/PEGPDMKAJNPAPP ...  
Format (e.g. PDF): PDF 
EUGRIS Keyword(s): Contaminated land-->Contaminants-->Others
Contaminated land-->Remediation options-->MNA
Contaminated land-->Soil and groundwater processes-->Geochemistry
Contaminated land-->Soil and groundwater processes-->Hydrogeology
Contaminated land-->Soil and groundwater processes-->Microbiology
Diffuse pollution-->Contaminants-->Persistent Organic Pollutants
Diffuse pollution-->Contaminants-->Pesticides
Groundwater protection-->Groundwater processes-->Geochemistry
Groundwater protection-->Groundwater processes-->Hydrogeology
Groundwater protection-->Groundwater processes-->Microbiology
Water and sanitation-->Water supply
Water resources and their management -->Stresses, quality and ecological status
 
Short description: Ether oxygenates are added to certain gasoline (petrol) formulations to improve combustion efficiency and to increase the octane rating. In this report the term gasoline ether oxygenates (GEO) refers collectively to methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE), ethyl tertiary butyl ether (ETBE), tertiary amyl methyl ether (TAME), diisopropyl ether (DIPE), tertiary amyl ethyl ether (TAEE), tertiary hexyl methyl ether (THxME), and tertiary hexyl ethyl ether (THxEE), as well as the associated tertiary butyl alcohol (TBA). This report presents newly collated data on the production capacities and use of MTBE, ETBE, TAME, DIPE and TBA in 30 countries (27 EU countries and Croatia, Norway and Switzerland) to inform continued and effective environmental management practices for GEO by CONCAWE members. The report comprises data on gasoline use in Europe that were provided by CONCAWE and obtained from the European Commission. Furthermore Société Générale de Surveillance (SGS) provided detailed analytical data (more than 1,200 sampling campaigns) on the GEO composition of gasoline in European countries in the period 2000-2010. 
Submitted By: Professor Paul Bardos WhoDoesWhat?      Last update: 26/06/2012

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