The invention discloses a hydro-
thermal treatment method for 
electroplating sludge, which comprises the following steps of: firstly mixing 
electroplating sludge with water so as to form 
electroplating sludge fluid; feeding the electroplating sludge fluid into a continuous high-temperature and high-pressure reaction kettle, and after a fixed volume is achieved, stopping feeding; raising the 
internal temperature of the kettle so as to carry out hydro-
thermal treatment; after the hydro-
thermal treatment is completed, discharging heavy 
metal sludge hydro-thermal residues subjected to reaction, and carrying out filter pressing on the discharged heavy 
metal sludge hydro-thermal residues so as to obtain 
solid-phase hydro-thermal residues and liquid-phase hydro-
thermal water; carrying out immersion cleaning on the 
solid-phase hydro-thermal residues by using a 
sulfuric acid and carrying out filter pressing on the 
solid-phase hydro-thermal residues so as to obtain acid-washing liquor and hydro-thermal residue precipitates, and 
drying and 
grinding the hydro-thermal residue precipitates subjected to each acid-washing process; and uniformly mixing the acid-washing liquor and the liquid-phase hydro-
thermal water obtained each time, and then preparing ferrite by using a chemical co-
precipitation method. According to the hydro-thermal treatment method disclosed by the invention, the leaching of 
heavy metals can be efficiently realized, and the 
heavy metals can be subjected to effective separation and recycling by taking subsequent separation measures. The 
moisture content of sludge can be greatly reduced through a plate-and-frame 
filter press, so that the volume of the sludge residues is reduced, the heavy 
metal dissolution rate of the residues is greatly reduced, and the form is more stable.