Method of extracting organic compounds from water

Water, in particular wastewater, from which organic compounds, in particular halogenated hydrocarbons, are to be separated by extraction by means of a lipophilic extractant is passed through an open-celled support structure with a large inner contact surface, wherein the extraction agent is attached to the contact surface and / or the support structure via at least one Flooded part of their height as a coherent layer of liquid.