<![CDATA[The existence of clean water is very needed for the continuity of daily activities, especially in Mekar Jaya Village, located in Tanjung Jabung Barat Regency, Jambi Province. The availability of clean water is very minimal and also expensive. Generally, this area is dominated by peatlands, the avialability of peat water, has characteristics that are not suitable for clean water needs where the characterestic of the water content peat have a low pH, brown color (like tea if its clear, but can become chocolate milk because of the mixture of sedimentation of mud), containing high KMnO4, COD, TDS, and Fe. There fire, testing the use local materials using the adsorption method with activated carbon in the form if areca nut in peat water purification. The highest percentage in reducing iron levels in peat water is 11% by utilizing activated carbon that has been activated from areca nut seeds, while the dye is still quite high which is only able to reduce the color content only 1%.Keywords: Peat Water, Activated carbon, Areca Nut]]>
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