Adsorption as a process for the removal and recovery of chlorinated phenols (dichlorophenols, trichlorophenol, and 2,4-dichlorophenoxyaxceticacid) from aqueous solutions has been studied. Equilibrium adsorption studies of these compounds were carried out individually using three different commercially available polymeric resins; Amberlite XAD-4, Amberlite XAD-7, and INDION 1014 MN-2 (IMN-2) having a different surface area and polarity to compare their equilibrium loading capacities. As IMN-2 gave the highest capacity, it was used for further investigation involving column breakthrough studies. A combined approach of solubility and steric hindrance is used to compare the adsorption capacity of isomers. The effect of presence of salts (NaCl and Na 2 SO 4 ) on the adsorption capacity of 2,3-DCP and 2,4-DCP (only on IMN-2) was also studied. A Langmuir adsorption isotherm was found to correlate the equilibrium data. Column studies were also carried out to investigate the breakthrough behavior at a flow rate of 0.16 bed volume/min. LUB values were calculated to find out the column efficiency. 15-30 bed volumes of methanol accomplished the regeneration of the loaded bed.