2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic (2,4-D) and 2-methyl-4-chlorophenoxyacetic (MCPA) acids were adsorbed from aq. wins. onto WG-12 granular activated C to study the adsorption kinetics and equils. MCPA was adsorbed faster than 2,4-D. The kinetics was fitted well to the pseudo-second order model. The expt. isotherms were well described by the Langmuir and Freundlich equations. The desorption of 2,4-D and MCPA with MeCN, MeOH and NaOH solns. was also studied. The best desorption efficiency was obsd. when MeCN was used.