Arsenic is one of the most toxic heavy metals to the environment which cause community health problem due to its high toxic nature. Several physiochemical techniques, such as adsorption, ion exchange, lime softening, reverse osmosis, coagulation and precipitation are used for arsenic removal but adsorption is mainly used because of its simplicity to use and availability of a wide range of adsorbents. Adsorption is the process which is used for the removal of heavy metals from wastewater. Many researchers have been conducted to remove heavy metals using different adsorbent materials. Various adsorbents have been used to remove different type of heavy metal ions from wastewater especially those that are harmful to mankind. Activated carbons, plant, clays, zeolites and biopolymers are the most common adsorbents used. For this research, iron impregnated activated carbon which was derived from sugarcane bagasse, was investigated as potential adsorbent for the removal of arsenic from aqueous solution. The synthetic wastewater was prepared in the laboratory to conduct the experiments. Batch experiments were conducted to obtain the optimum conditions for arsenic adsorption. Effect of experimental parameter; pH, adsorbent dose, and initial arsenic ion concentration were also determined at constant contact time of 30min and atmospheric temperature. The optimum conditions obtained were, pH 7, 1mg adsorbent dose and initial concentration of 20mg/L. Adsorption behavior could be described using the Langmuir and Freundlich isotherm models. Adsorption data was well fitted in Langmuir isotherm model. The maximum adsorption efficiency was found to be 96.5% at optimum experimental parameters of pH 7, adsorbent dose of 1g and initial arsenic concentration of 20mg/L.