We present a study of extended galaxy halo gas through HI and OVI absorption over two decades in projected distance at z~0.2. The study is based on a sample of 95 galaxies from a highly complete (>80 percent) survey of faint galaxies (L>0.1L*) with archival quasar absorption spectra and 53 galaxies from the literature. A clear anticorrelation is found between HI (OVI) column density and virial radius normalized projected distance, d/Rh. Strong HI (OVI) absorption systems with column densities greater than 10^14.0^ (10^13.5^)cm^-2^ are found for 48 of 54 (36 of 42) galaxies at dRh compared to isolated galaxies (<{kappa}OVI~0.13 versus 0.04) but no excess HI absorption. These findings suggest that environmental effects play a role in distributing heavy elements beyond the enriched gaseous haloes of individual galaxies. Finally, we find that differential HI and OVI absorption between early- and late-type galaxies continues from d<Rh to d~3Rh.

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