The invention provides a method for electrically restoring soil and underground water, which is realized in a way that: soil or underground water which needs to be restored is used as the conducting medium, metallic iron is used as the
anode, a
ferric salt solution is used as the working solution, the
anode iron is oxidized into ions after losing electrons, the ions enter the
anode working solution and move towards the
cathode into the soil or underground water as the current carrier with positive charges under the action of an
electric field; and
copper or
copper-coated iron or iron is used as the
cathode, a cupric salt or
ferric salt solution is used as the working solution, cupric ions or trivalent
ferric ions are reduced into elementary substance
copper or bivalent ferric ions, meanwhile, small amounts of heavy
metal cations transferring from the soil to the
cathode working liquid are also reduced, and acid radicals of cupric salts or
ferric salts move towards the anode under the action of the
electric field and enter the soil and the underground water. The method can restore soil and underground water which are polluted by
heavy metals, acids or alkalis, does not change the pH value of the soil and the underground water, does not produce
hydrogen,
oxygen or
chlorine with hidden danger and has the advantages of
high current efficiency, low price and easy obtainment of the anode material.