Short communication Thermal water treatment with granular activated carbon

摘要

The object of this article is to discuss the purification of a special thermal water of a geogene origin, containing potentially toxic, organic micropollutants like benzene, toluene, mesitylene, xylene and phenols. As the flotation of the thermal water on model laboratory equipment did not remove all toxic organic substances present from water, a granular activated carbon (GAC) filter column was used. Although the use of granular carbon adsorption is well known in potable water treatment, in industrial water polishing and waste water treatment, there is no information about its use for the purification of special thermal water.