To recover strong acid by effectively separating both acids (strong acid and weak acid) from water to be treated, which contains acids with different degrees of dissociation and has a low heavy
metal content, in a simple process.SOLUTION: The present invention provides a method for treating water to be treated, and a related technique thereof, in which a strong acid solution containing acid A that has permeated through anion exchange membranes 2 and 4 is obtained by
electrodialysis using an
electrodialysis device 10 provided with bipolar membranes 1, 3, 5 each having anion exchange
layers 1a, 3a, 5a and cation exchange
layers 1b, 3b, 5b, and anion exchange membranes 2, 4, for treating water to be treated containing the acid A and acid B having a larger
acid dissociation constant than that of the acid A and having a heavy
metal content of 1,000 ppm or less at a pH (X) that is larger than an
acid dissociation constant pKaA of the acid A and smaller than an
acid dissociation constant pKaB of the acid.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1