The invention discloses a method for treating
nickel-containing
wastewater by using a composite adsorbent. The method comprises the following steps: mixing the
nickel-containing
wastewater with the composite adsorbent, carrying out oscillating at
room temperature, carrying out
solid-liquid separation to obtain preliminarily-treated
wastewater, adjusting the pH value of the preliminarily-treated wastewater to 4-5, adding
sodium hypochlorite, carrying out a stirring reaction, adding the composite adsorbent, conducting oscillating at
room temperature, and carrying out
solid-liquid separation to obtain secondarily-treated wastewater; adjusting the pH value of the secondarily-treated wastewater to 10.5-11.5, performing standing for
precipitation, taking supernatant liquid, adding
polyaluminum chloride, conducting stirring, adding
polyacrylamide, performing stirring and standing, and carrying out
solid-liquid separation to obtain tertiarily-treated wastewater; and mixing the tertiarily-treated wastewater with the composite adsorbent, conducting oscillating at
room temperature, and carrying out solid-liquid separation, wherein the composite adsorbent is prepared by uniformly mixing modified
sepiolite, acid-modified
fly ash and cross-linked
chitosan. The method for treating the
nickel-containing wastewater by using the composite adsorbent provided by the invention is simple in process,has a better
treatment effect on various forms of nickel in a
water body, and is high in nickel removal rate.