Published Articles on MTBE

Lists of Articles and Resources

• USGS bibliography on MTBE - Searchable list of USGS reports and articles regarding oxygenates, primarily MTBE.
• USEPA MTBE Resources - Office of Water resources on MTBE in drinking water.

Published articles

• "Water Quality Impacts of MTBE: An Update Since the Release of the UC Report" - August 2001 report by the consulting firm of Malcolm Pirnie on behalf of the Methanol Institute.
• Abstract of a USGS report on "National Survey of MTBE, Other Ether Oxygenates, and Other VOCs in Community Drinking-Water Supplies" - by Gregory C. Delzer, Stephen J. Grady, John S. Zogorski, Barbar L. Rowe, and Bart Koch (June 2001). This abstract summarizes results from AWWARF Research Project #2507
• USGS report on "Occurrence and Distribution of Methyl tert-Butyl Ether and Other Volatile Organic Compounds in Drinking Water in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic Regions of the United States, 1993-98" - by Stephen J. Grady and George D. Casey (2000; USGS Water-Resources Investigations Report 00-4228)
• USGS report on "Estimating the Likelihood of MTBE Occurrence in Drinking Water Supplied by Ground-Water Sources in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic Regions of the United States" - by Paul J. Squillace and Michael J. Moran (2000; USGS Open-File Report 00-343)
• "Report by the USEPA MTBE Blue Ribbon Panel" - USEPA’s September 15, 1999 MTBE Blue Ribbon Panel’s Report.
• "Ozone-Forming Potential of Reformulated Gasoline" - 1999 report by the National Research Council (NRC). This web site allows a page-by-page review of the report.
• "Drinking Water Advisory: Consumer Acceptablility Advice and Health Effects Analysis on Methyl Tertiary-Butyl Ether (MtBE)" - December 1997 USEPA report (EPA 822-F-97-009) "Interagency Assessment of Oxygenated Fuels" - This June 1997 National Science and Technology Council report on EPA's winter oxygenated fuels program considers health effects, air quality, fuel economy and engine performance, and ground water and drinking water quality issues.