This work deals with the purification of water containing residues of the herbicide tribenuron-methyl by means of a cleaning system based on a composite organo-clay mineral. Tribenuron-methyl suffers hydrolysis, for this reason it is important to clean the water not only from the mother molecule, but also from the products of its degradation. Experiments on adsorption/desorption of tribenuron-methyl and its metabolites by using natural and organo-micellar montmorillonite were performed. Desorption of the herbicide from the micelle clay-composite was done using acetonitrile
