A multi-stage treatment for effluent or sewage is carried out by pre-oxidation treating for waste calcium water in production of sodium alginate, decalcifying treating, solid-liquid separating for mixed effluent, oxidation pre-treating, biological filtering, oxidation treating, air-floating treating, flocculating, depositing, efficient ozone circulation and oxidation treating for mixed comprehensive water, de-coloring, filtering, biological oxidation treating and reverse osmosis treating. It's safe, reliable, rational, standard, cheap and efficient, it has better quality and zero-effluent discharge, and saves water sources.