Abstract
Abstract The efficiency of three methods of treatment including activated carbon, reverse osmosis and deionisation was investigated for removal of atrazine from water. At the beginning of the cycle of treatment the water was artificially contaminated with 10 μg.1‐1 of atrazine which is five times the maximum permitted level for drinking water. At the end of the cycle atrazine was measured by means of immunoenzymology. The results showed that a) reverse osmosis gives appreciable but limited results, b) deionisation results in the total retention of atrazine, but it was not retained indefinitely and c) the eight types of activated carbon tested presented different patterns of behaviour, however one type showed an excellent capacity for retention. The combination of this type of activated carbon and either reverse osmosis or deionisation enables atrazine to be eliminated from water with maximum efficiency.
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