Comment on “Low‐Temperature MTBE Biodegradation in Aquifer Sediments with a History of Low, Seasonal Ground Water Temperatures”

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Groundwater Monitoring & RemediationVolume 26, Issue 3 p. 134-134 Free Access Comment on “Low-Temperature MTBE Biodegradation in Aquifer Sediments with a History of Low, Seasonal Ground Water Temperatures” This article corrects the following: Low-Temperature MTBE Biodegradation in Aquifer Sediments with a History of Low, Seasonal Ground Water Temperatures P.M. Bradley, J.E. Landmeyer, Volume 26Issue 1Groundwater Monitoring & Remediation pages: 101-105 First Published online: February 13, 2006 First published: 11 August 2006 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1745-6592.2006.00098.xAboutSectionsPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditWechat Introduction The introduction of the above article (Bradley and Landmeyer, 2005) referenced two publications (Wiedemeier et al. 1996; Van Deuren et al. 2002) in association with the common assumption that biodegradation becomes an unreliable component of in situ contaminant attenuation at low, seasonal ground water temperatures. The concern has been raised that the authors of these references may be construed as principal proponents of the assumption of poor contaminant biodegradability at low ground water temperatures. To clarify, the paper by Wiedemeier et al. (1996) was a bioremediation review article reflecting the contemporary consensus that hydrocarbon biodegradation rates decreased by approximately half for every 10°C decrease in temperature and that biodegradation was slow at temperatures <5°C. The work by Van Deuren et al. (2002) was an on-line guidance document that notes that because of this expected temperature response, bioremediation in northern climates may be ineffective during part of the year. These references document the state of environmental practice at their time of publication and not the subsequent experience or current opinions of their authors (T.H. Wiedemeier, personal communication, 2006). Reference Bradley P.M., and Landmeyer J.E. 2005. Low-temperature MTBE biodegradation in aquifer sediments with a history of low, seasonal ground water temperatures. Ground Water Monitoring and Remediation 26, no. 1: 101– 105. Wiley Online LibraryWeb of Science®Google Scholar Volume26, Issue3Summer 2006Pages 134-134 ReferencesRelatedInformation