Water purification is the process by which unwanted and harmful chemical compounds, organic, and inorganic materials, and contaminants are separated from the water. Procedures of water purification have been noted from as early as 1500 BCE with the most common methods of purifying water being boiling, or by using some form of activated carbon filter. So most of us know boiling as a purification method but let’s take a closer look at an activated carbon filter and see just how