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Water Contamination Caused by Gasoline Permeating a Polybutylene Pipe
Author(s) -
Leseman William G.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
journal ‐ american water works association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1551-8833
pISSN - 0003-150X
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8833.1986.tb05845.x
Subject(s) - contamination , gasoline , apartment , environmental science , service (business) , environmental engineering , water contamination , waste management , environmental chemistry , engineering , chemistry , civil engineering , business , biology , ecology , marketing
A water quality complaint received by the city of Tallahasse, Fla., resulted in an investigation that found contamination of a service line caused by gasoline leaking into the soil surrounding the pipe. The service connection to an apartment was the only incidence of the contamination, but levels of 1,2‐dibromoethane were found in one apartment to be 50 times the limit set by the Florida Department of Environmental Regulations. The service line was replaced with copper pipe, which solved the problem.