An experimental study of the sorption of petroleum products (PP) from aqueous solutions by natural vermiculite and zeolite (clinoptilolite) was carried out. Two different sizes of zeolite particles were used: 0.63–1.0, 1.0–3.0 mm and 1.0–3.0 mm fractions of vermiculite. Zeolite and vermiculate material was washed and dried at 105 °C in an oven before using it in the filter bed. 40 l of snowmelt water, 1 l of gasoline and 1 l of diesel passed the filter charged with zeolite and vermiculite. Comparison of the results showed that the highest removal of PP from water solution was obtained by using the finest grain-sized zeolite. The removal efficiency was 89.8% and 76.4% respectively for 0.63–1.0 mm and 1.0–3.0 mm particle size zeolite. The highest PP removal efficiency (92.4%) was achieved by using 1.0–3.0 mm particlesized vermiculite.

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