The invention provides a treatment method of heavy
metal wastewater, and particularly relates to a method for treating heavy
metal wastewater by virtue of a
precipitation method. The method comprises the following steps: adding
sodium sulfide in a heavy
metal wastewater treatment process, reacting
sulfur ions with heavy metal ions in the wastewater to generate particulate matters, further adding
sulfide precipitates of heavy metal, stirring, standing, and accelerating the
sedimentation of micro particulate matters and other substances by using generated particulate matter precipitates; further preferably adding
quartz sand, and accelerating the rapid
sedimentation of the particulate matters and other substances under the wrapping action of
quartz sand; further performing subsequent process treatment including sand
filtration and
ion exchange on a supernatant liquor obtained after
sedimentation to reach the
emission standard; and periodically discharging and collecting part of the precipitates, and recycling
heavy metals in the precipitates. Because the method provided by the invention is simple in working procedure, low in cost and high in efficiency, the method can be widely applied to the treatment of industrial wastewater particularly the heavy metal wastewater.