美国《安全饮用水法案》的修正案要求对使用颗粒活性炭（GAC）去除有机化合物的可行性进行广泛评估。为了满足这项技术评估的最后期限，美国环境保护署（U.S.Environmental Protection Agency）将柱研究和吸附建模与成本模型相结合，对全尺寸GAC系统的性能进行预测。本文研究了具有代表性的合成有机化学品清单，并介绍了GAC处理的成本和性能结果。 包括18个参考文献、表格、图表。

The amendments to the US Safe Drinking Water Act require extensive evaluation of the feasibility of removing organic compounds using granular activated carbon (GAC). To meet deadlines for this technology evaluation, the US Environmental Protection Agency has combined the use of column studies and adsorption modeling with cost models to make projections for the performance of full-scale GAC systems. A representative list of synthetic organic chemicals was studied, and cost and performance results for GAC treatment are presented in this article. Includes 18 references, tables, figures.