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National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program

A National Assessment of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) in Water Resources of the United States

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MTBE and Gasoline Oxygenates

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U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1292: Volatile Organic Compounds in the Nation's Ground Water and Drinking-Water Supply Wells
Asher, W.E., Luo, W., Campo, K.W., Bender, D.A., Robinson, K.W., Zogorski, J.S., and Pankow, J.F., 2007, Application of a Source Apportionment Model in an Urban Stream: Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, v. 26, no. 8, p. 104-111.
Carter, J.M., Lapham, W.W., and Zogorski, J.S., 2008, Occurrence of Volatile Organic Compounds in Aquifers of the United States: Journal of the American Water Resources Association, v. 44, no. 2, p. 399-416.
Moran, M.J., 2007, Occurrence of Methyl tert-Butyl Ether and Other Fuel Oxygenates in Source Water and Drinking Water of the United States, in Barcelo, Damia, ed., Fuel Oxygenates—The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry, vol. 5R: Berlin, Germany, Springer-Verlag, p. 57-73.
Moran, M.J., Zogorski, J.S., and Squillace, P.J., 2007, Chlorinated Solvents in Groundwater of the United States: Environmental Science and Technology, v. 41, no. 1, p. 74-81. Solvent abstract A paper version of the article is available by contacting J.S. Zogorski.
Moran, M.J., Zogorski, J.S., and Rowe, B.L., 2006, Approach to an Assessment of Volatile Organic Compounds in the Nation's Ground Water and Drinking-Water Supply Wells: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report OFR 2005–1452, 36 p.
Rowe, B.L., Toccalino, P.L., Moran, M.J., Zogorski, J.S., and Price C.V., 2007, Occurrence and Potential Human-Health Relevance of Volatile Organic Compounds from Domestic Wells in the United States: Environmental Health Perspectives, v. 115, no. 11, p. 1539-1546. Text and figures.
Compilation of Retrospective Data on Volatile Organic Compounds in Ground Water to Supplement VOC Data Collected by the U.S. Geological Survey's National Water Quality Assessment Program
National Survey of MTBE and Other VOCs in Community Drinking-Water Sources
MTBE and Other VOCs in Drinking Water in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic Regions of the U.S.
Gasoline Oxygenate Bibliography

Featured Publications

Carter, J.M., Grady, S.J., Delzer, G.C., Koch, Bart, and Zogorski, J.S., 2006, Occurrence of MTBE and Other Gasoline Oxygenates in CWS Source Waters: Journal AWWA, v. 98, no. 4, p. 91-104.

Ivahnenko, Tamara, and Zogorski, J.S., 2006, Sources and Occurrence of Chloroform and Other Trihalomethanes in Drinking-Water Supply Wells in the United States, 1986–2001: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report SIR 2006–5015, 13 p.

Moran, M.J., Hamilton, P.A., and Zogorski, J.S., 2006, Volatile Organic Compounds in the Nation's Ground Water and Drinking-Water Supply Wells—A Summary: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS 2006-3048, 6 p.

Moran, M.J., Zogorski, J.S., Squillace, P.J., 2005, MTBE and Gasoline Hydrocarbons in Ground Water of the United States: Ground Water, v. 43, no. 4, p. 615-627. MTBE abstract An electronic version of the article published in Ground Water is available on the Blackwell Synergy online delivery service, accessible via the journal's Website at http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/gw or http://www.blackwell-synergy.com. If there are any problems accessing the file, please contact J.S. Zogorski for assistance.

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