Arsenic removal from water by using sorption materials

The article deals with the occurrence of arsenic in water, the health risks and the possibilities of arsenic removal from water by using sorption materials. In this work a laboratory experiment was carried out with water from an underground source with the increased content of arsenic. This water was filtered through a selected sorbents GEH and CFH 0818. The results show that these sorption materials can reduce the arsenic content below the over-limit values just after 2.5 minutes to a tenth of the limit value prescribed by the Regulation of the Ministry of Health 252/2004 Sb. valid in the Czech Republic. Furthermore, it has been proved that the sorption materials also have an effect on the removal of iron, manganese and turbidity from water.