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Air Stripping Alleviates MTBE Problem in Small Kansas Community
Author(s) -
Reetz Bill,
Hofmeister Craig R.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
opflow
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1551-8701
pISSN - 0149-8029
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8701.2001.tb02310.x
Subject(s) - stripping (fiber) , action plan , contamination , methyl tert butyl ether , plan (archaeology) , health department , work (physics) , action (physics) , waste management , air stripping , environmental science , operations management , engineering , public health , management , nursing , ether , history , chemistry , medicine , archaeology , economics , ecology , biology , quantum mechanics , mechanical engineering , physics , organic chemistry , wastewater , electrical engineering
This article discusses the Kansas Department of Health and Environment's experience using air stripping to remove methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) from two wells in a small Kansas town in the late 1990s. The source of the contamination was determined, an action plan was initiated, construction details are given, and several important lessons were learned from the experience. Those lessons included the fact that several entities could effectively work together, good communication among all parties resulted in reduced installation costs, and the strength of the Kansas Department of Health and Environment's trust fund was proven by covering all associated costs.