The invention discloses a method for treating organic 
wastewater by using double catalysts to heterogeneously activate persulfates, belonging to the technical field of 
water pollution control. According to the method, 
nano copper oxide and zero-valent iron particles are used as a combined catalyst to activate the persulfates to generate free 
sulfate radicals with strong oxidizing property, so that 
refractory organics are removed from the 
wastewater. Compared with a homogeneous 
persulfate water treatment technology, the method has the 
advantage that the heterogeneous catalysts can efficiently and continuously activate the persulfates to achieve a heterogeneous activation effect due to the properties of relatively large specific surface area, relatively high catalytic activity and the like. The double-catalyst heterogeneous 
persulfate activation 
water treatment technology established by the method disclosed by the invention is applicable to treatment of various kinds of organic 
wastewater, is high in efficiency, good in durability and convenient in operation, can efficiently remove toxic and harmful pollutants from the wastewater within a relatively wide 
pH range, provides a broad prospect for treating toxic, harmful and non-biodegradable organic wastewater, and has a great application potential in the field of environmental 
pollution treatment.