Oxygenates in Water

• Oxygenates in Water: Critical Information and Research Needs
  (EPA/600/R-98/048) December 1998
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ABSTRACT:

This final document identifies key issues related to assessing and managing the potential health and environmental risks of oxygenate contamination of water. Oxygenates are chemicals added to fuels (“oxyfuels”) to increase the oxygen content and thereby reduce emissions from use of the fuel. This document builds on and extends an earlier report, Oxyfuels Information Needs (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1996), which included water issues but tended to focus more on inhalation health risk issues. The present document focuses on those gaps and limitations in current information that constitute the most critical and immediate needs to be addressed in support of risk assessment and risk management efforts related to oxygenates in water. This document is primarily intended to serve as a starting point and general guide to planning future research. It is not a comprehensive review of issues pertaining to oxygenates in water, nor does it describe in detail specific studies or projects that are needed.

For further information, please contact Diane Ray at 919-541-3637.

Draft versions of this document previously posted to this site can be viewed in the archive at:

• Research Strategy for Oxygenates in Water (Workshop Review Draft)
• Research Strategy for Oxygenates in Water (External Review Draft)
• Federal Register Notice for the External Review Draft