The remediation of surface water contaminated with domestic purpose kerosene (DPK) using Fenton's oxidation was investigated at ambient temperature for effectiveness at optimum conditions established. Results obtained from optimization studies for the Fenton's oxidation employed for the study were 250000 mg/L H 2 O 2 and 300 mg/L FeSO 4 at ambient temperature with pH of samples adjusted to 3.0. At the end of the chemical remediation, the Fenton's oxidation was found to be rapid with the reaction being exothermic and followed second order kinetics. About 44.4% of the total petroleum hydrocarbon (TPH) as kerosene removal efficiency was achieved after 90 minutes. The reaction also followed a pseudo-first order kinetics with the rate constant of 3x10 2 mol -1 cm 3 min -1 .
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