Boats A Source Of MTBE In Water
...& Information.) Boats and other motorized watercraft are likely to be the primary sourceof MTBE (methyl...oup. Two-cycleengines, commonly found in personal watercraft and outboard motors, generallyhave exhaust ports at or below the water line. "The seasonal distribu...Pleasure boat speed limits can stir up trouble in shallow lakes
...rs including, water skiers, fishermen and personal watercraft fans. The two Penn State engineers instrumented ...eds. "We did not see much impact from personal watercraft in water depths greater than 3 to 4 feet," Hill says. "There was not a big difference between inboar......rds do. But new research shows that waterbirds and watercraft cancoexist as long as they are far enough away fro... than 140,000 registered jetskis and otherpersonal watercraft (PWC), and there are an estimated 1.3 million in theU.S. PWCs can mean trouble for waterbirds becaus...