The invention provides a filling method for a cadmium column used for water nitrate determination and relates to determination of nitrate in water.A syringe piston is dismantled, and a syringe is filled with cadmium particles; the syringe sucks in a hydrochloric acid solution to be washed, oxide layers on the surfaces of the cadmium particles are removed, the acid solution is removed, and the syringe sucks in ultrapure water to be washed to be neutral; the syringe sucks in a copper sulfate solution for shaking soaking, the waste solution is removed, ultrapure water is used for shaking washing till no colloidal copper is contained, and the syringe sucks in ultrapure water which seals the cadmium particles; glass fibers are stuffed into the bottom of a reduction column, a connector is installed, and the whole reduction column is immersed in a water container to be filled with water; a syringe needle is taken down, a syringe nipple and the upper portion of the reduction column are connected, the syringe nipple is immersed in water downwards, the head of the syringe is beaten, the syringe piston is pushed to make the cadmium particles enter the reduction column, glass fibers are stuffed into the upper portion of the reduction column, and the connector is installed; the cadmium column is activated according to the method in GB17378.4-2007, the reduction rate of the cadmium column is determined, and then filling of the cadmium column is completed.