Activated Carbon

Activated carbon is a highly porous material that can be used as an effective, efficient filter for gases or liquids. In addition to removing taste, odour, colour, and contamination from water and wastewater effluent, activated carbon can be functionalized for specific applications through ‘impregnation’ with other compounds. For example, silver impregnated carbons control bacterial growth within filters.

Advantages to Activated Carbon:

• High activity and surface area for absorption
• Optimized pore structure depending on application
• Remove colour, odour and taste from treated water
• Remove organics, mercaptans, hydrogen sulfide, COD, colour, taste, odour, micropollutants, chlorine, chloramines, THM’s, etc. from waste
• Used in raw material purification of food, beverage, chemical, and pharmaceutical products